On January 21, 2011, Doyle filed suit against Zurich American Insurance Company and its adjusters on behalf of an injured employee who was denied medical care under his employers’ workers’ compensation policy. Zurich approved surgery for the employee’s hernia, but then denied follow-up treatment that his doctors requested, leading to severe and permanent damage to his reproductive system.
The Texas Department of Insurance on January 14, 2011, released final disciplinary decisions for violations of Division of Workers’ Compensation rules. Among these fines were the following insurer violations:
Doyle filed suit against Travelers Insurance Company and its adjuster on January 31, 2011, in a workers’ compensation bad faith action. The suit was filed on behalf of an employee who was injured while working in January 2009. Without any appropriate investigation, Travelers denied that the employee had been injured, delaying his medical and income benefits. Even after agreeing that the employee had been injured at work, Travelers continued to deny the severity of his injury, forcing him to go through an administrative hearing with the Texas Department of Insurance and unreasonably delaying his recovery from the injury and his return to work.
The Texas Department of Insurance on February 11, 2011, released final disciplinary decisions for violations of Division of Workers’ Compensation rules. Among these fines were the following insurer violations:
On February 16, 2011, Doyle filed suit against American Zurich Insurance Company (Zurich) and its adjuster on behalf of an employee who was wrongfully denied workers’ compensation medical and income benefits. The employee, a long-time truck driver, injured his back in 2009 while loading his truck. Ultimately, the employee won his case in front of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. In the meantime however, he was unable to have any medical treatment for his back due to Zurich’s denials, leading to a worsening of his condition.