Hargrave v. State

GUIDRY, Justice.

| ,We granted the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development’s writ application to consider whether the Office of Workers’ Compensation hearing officer erred in requiring the vocational rehabilitation counselor to comply with the so-called Crain Brothers conditions, drafted by claimant’s counsel, before the counselor could commence or continue to provide vocational rehabilitation services to the claimant.1 For the reasons expressed be*787low, we hold the hearing 12officer erred in imposing these conditions ostensibly as a prophylactic measure without an evidentia-ry…