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Tex. Lab. Code § 408.162 (2026)
Subsequent Injury Fund Benefits
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Sec. 408.162. SUBSEQUENT INJURY FUND BENEFITS. (a) If a subsequent compensable injury, with the effects of a previous injury, results in a condition for which the injured employee is entitled to lifetime income benefits, the insurance carrier is liable for the payment of benefits for the subsequent injury only to the extent that the subsequent injury would have entitled the employee to benefits had the previous injury not existed.
(b) The subsequent injury fund shall compensate the employee for the remainder of the lifetime income benefits to which the employee is entitled.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
SUBCHAPTER J. DEATH AND BURIAL BENEFITS
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1997–2002 · leading case: Texas Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool v. Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 74 S.W.3d 377 (Tex. 2002).
Texas Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool v. Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 74 S.W.3d 377 (Tex. 2002). “,Tex. Lab.Code § 408.162. Additionally, unlike a custodial-escheat statute *383 that requires the State to maintain custody for an eventual rightful owner, the Labor Code presumes that no legal beneficiaries of the death benefits exist after one year.”
Subsequent Injury Fund v. Serv. Lloyds Ins. Co., 961 S.W.2d 673 (Tex. App. 1998). “Tex Lab.Code Ann. § 408.162(a) (Vernon 1996).”
Second Injury Fund of State v. Avon, 985 S.W.2d 93 (Tex. App. 1998). “47 (1989) and current TEX. LABOR CODE ANN. § 408.162(h) (Vernon 1996).”
Injury Fund St. Tx. v. Conrad, 947 S.W.2d 278 (Tex. App. 1997). “Laws 1188 , 1188, 1273 (current version at Tex Labor Code Ann. § 408.162 (Vernon 1996)).”
Texas Prop. & Cas. Ins. Guar. Ass'n, as Receiver for Employers' Cas. v. Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n, Subsequent Injury Fund (Tex. App. 2001). “Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 408.162 (West 1996); see State v.”
— Tex. Lab. Code § 408.162(a) — 2 cases
Texas Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool v. Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 74 S.W.3d 377 (Tex. 2002). “,Tex. Lab.Code § 408.162. Additionally, unlike a custodial-escheat statute *383 that requires the State to maintain custody for an eventual rightful owner, the Labor Code presumes that no legal beneficiaries of the death benefits exist after one year.”
Subsequent Injury Fund v. Serv. Lloyds Ins. Co., 961 S.W.2d 673 (Tex. App. 1998). “Tex Lab.Code Ann. § 408.162(a) (Vernon 1996).”
— Tex. Lab. Code § 408.162(b) — 2 cases
Texas Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool v. Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 74 S.W.3d 377 (Tex. 2002). “,Tex. Lab.Code § 408.162. Additionally, unlike a custodial-escheat statute *383 that requires the State to maintain custody for an eventual rightful owner, the Labor Code presumes that no legal beneficiaries of the death benefits exist after one year.”
Subsequent Injury Fund v. Serv. Lloyds Ins. Co., 961 S.W.2d 673 (Tex. App. 1998). “Tex Lab.Code Ann. § 408.162(a) (Vernon 1996).”
— Tex. Lab. Code § 408.162(h) — 1 case
Second Injury Fund of State v. Avon, 985 S.W.2d 93 (Tex. App. 1998). “47 (1989) and current TEX. LABOR CODE ANN. § 408.162(h) (Vernon 1996).”
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