Legal Opinion
Seal v. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 17, 2003No. 2008 CA 0880PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1CHARLES R. JONES, Judge.
The Office of Workers’ Compensation (hereinafter the “OWC”) awarded the Ap-pellee, John Seal, Jr., workers’ compensation benefits, attorneys fees and penalties for injuries sustained in a work-related accident. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the award of worker’s compensation benefits, but reverse the award of attorneys’ fees and penalties.
Statement of the case
Mr. Seal was employed as a heavy equipment operator for the Appellant, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (hereinafter the “S & WB”). According to the testimony of Mr. Seal, on January 8, 1997,…
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