Texas Labor Code 410.165 – Evidence
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(a) The administrative law judge is the sole judge of the relevance and materiality of the evidence offered and of the weight and credibility to be given to the evidence. Conformity to legal rules of evidence is not necessary.
(b) An administrative law judge may accept a written statement signed by a witness and shall accept all written reports signed by a health care provider.
Terms Used In Texas Labor Code 410.165
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005