Law Office of Alan Tysinger

What does a workers compensation lawyer do?

What do workers comp lawyers do? A workers comp lawyer in Texas defends an injured employee against the denials and disputes of insurance carriers. Even when you are legitimately hurt on the job, and everyone knows it, the insurance carrier can still cause havoc with your case and your life.... Read more →

Do you need a lawyer for a workers' comp settlement?


In Texas, an employee is not eligible for a true “settlement” of a workers’ compensation case. All cases are required to have medical coverage for life for the compensable injury. However, disputes frequently come into play over the extent and duration of the injury, including entitlement to income benefits and... Read more →

What questions should I ask my workers comp lawyer?

Three crucial questions: 1) Do you really handle workers' compensation cases (meaning workers' compensation administrative hearings before the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation) and not just third party civil claims against the person who caused my injuries? Many lawyers advertise for workers' compensation cases, but they do... Read more →

What are my rights for workers compensation?

In Texas, you have the right two types of benefits: medical care and income benefits. You have the right to medical care for life for your injury. The law provides that this "includes all reasonable and necessary medical aid, medical examinations, medical treatments, medical diagnoses, medical evaluations, and medical services."... Read more →

COVID-19 and My Injury Case

If I have an injury case that has nothing to do with COVID-19, what does the shutdown mean for my case? That's a really important question. It seems the COVID-19 pandemic has sucked all the air out of the room, virtually eliminating any real conversations about the effect across the... Read more →

Federal Law to Limit Employer Liability for COVID-19?

Congress is currently considering legislation on a federal level that would limit employer liability for COVID-19 occupational disease claims. This would preempt state level legislation, including workers' compensation and civil laws, regarding such injury claims. This legislation has not yet passed to become law, and it seems unlikely that this... Read more →

COVID-19 and Causation in a Pandemic

In the COVID-19 occupational disease cases, everyone wants to go straight to individual causation. In other words, how can I prove that this employee can only have gotten this disease at work. That is not how these cases are going to go. There will be many widely scattered cases where... Read more →

Tyson Chicken COVID-19 Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Texas

The family of a worker at a Tyson chicken facility in Texas has filed suit following her wrongful death due to COVID-19. How hard a case will this be? Depends how you frame the causation question. If it is "How can we know whether she got COVID-19 at work?" it... Read more →

What if my workers' comp pay is short or non-existent?

What if your workers' comp pay is short or non-existent? The law requires that they document the rate of pay using information from the employer supplied to you about your average pay before the injury. The average should be for the last 13 weeks before the injury, if possible. This... Read more →

When is the best time to hire a workers' comp lawyer?

The Chinese supposedly have an old saying: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Well, what does that mean? Basically this: if you want the best opportunity for success in your case, it would have been great to have already... Read more →