LeBlanc v. ABC Insurance Co.

GREMILLION, Judge.

hln this workers’ compensation intervention, the intervenors, the City of Oberlin and Louisiana Risk Management, Inc., appeal the judgment of the trial court awarding attorney’s fees and additional litigation expenses to the plaintiffs’ counsel. Oberlin argues that the total amount awarded, $59,208, exceeds the statutorily allowed amount of one-third of its recov*220ery, $52,500. For the following reasons, we amend the trial court’s judgment.

FACTS

On April 17, 2000, the plaintiff, Shirleen LeBlanc, a meter-reader for Oberlin, was reading the meter of a home located at 504 East…