Q: The report from the IR reviewDr was delivered the same day as my hearing. Didn’t get to read it. How is this legal?
A designated Dr agreed I had compensable injury. Carrier has an IR Dr. Examine me. His report was fairly neutral & recommended more testing. The IR report shows up minutes prior to final hearing! I didn’t have a chance to read it. Was this dirty pool or typical for workers comp cases in TX?
A: If the report was not timely exchanged before the hearing, you could have objected to the admission of this exhibit. It's not dirty pool in my opinion. The lawyer probably just got the report. His duty to his client is to try to get it into the trial. It's your job to object to the admission of this exhibit because it was not timely exchanged.
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