Legal Opinion
Benoit v. Martco Partnership
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 3, 1995No. 94-1544PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
| iTHIBODEAUX, Judge.
In this workers’ compensation case, Mart-co Partnership appeals a judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation which granted temporary total disability status to plaintiff, Jeffery Benoit, determined that Be-noit was not allowed his choice of a physician, and imposed attorney’s fees for Martco’s denial of Benoit’s choice of a physician.
^Benoit answers the appeal and seeks attorney’s fees for the work done on appeal.
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ISSUES
The issues are: (1) whether Martco improperly denied Benoit his choice of physicians; (2) whether Martco was arbitrary and capricious in disallowing…
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