No. 25-489

Norman Engel v. Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, et al.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2025-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-stability property-rights workers-compensation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the 90-Day limit on challenging medical stability determinations violate the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of substantive due process, equal protection, and property rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Injured workers in Texas have One Year after their date of injury to make a claim for workers ’ compensation benefits and a Two Year limit to reach medical stability. A secondary law in Texas provides for a 90-Day limit to challenge a medical stability determination at any time after the date of injury and stop entitlement to additional lost time disability benefits allowed for two years. Engel in this case presents one two part question for review. Does the 90-Day limit, on its face and as applied to Engel, take away the Fourteenth Amendment ’s guarantee of substantive due process, equal protection, and property rights when enforced (a) prior to the One Year to claim benefits and (b) prior to the Two Years allowed to reach medical stability?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-11-17
Waiver of right of respondent Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation to respond filed.
2025-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2025)

Attorneys

Norman Engel
Norman Engel — Petitioner
Norman Engel — Petitioner
Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation
John M. GreyOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent
John M. GreyOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent