Harmon v. Mid-South General Contractors, Inc.

PRICE, Judge.

This action was brought under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Statute to recover benefits for total and permanent disability, penalties and attorney’s fees. At the time of trial it was stipulated that the plaintiff was entitled to a judgment awarding him benefits for total and permanent disability, and the only issue to be decided by the trial court was the question of liability for penalties and attorney’s fees for an alleged arbitrary and capricious refusal by the insurance carrier to pay plaintiff benefits within sixty days after notification, as provided by law. The…