Legal Opinion
Box v. City of Baton Rouge
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 2, 2003No. 2002 CA 0198PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
2GAIDRY, J.
The City of Baton Rouge (the City) appealed the decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWC) finding that plaintiff Arthur Box’s claim for benefits had not prescribed and awarding Box medical benefits. Box answered the appeal and asserted that the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) erred in failing to award penalties and attorney fees under La. R.S. 23:1201(F).
This court found that there was no exception of prescription filed in the record, and therefore the issue of prescription was not properly before us. In addition, we concluded that since…
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