Legal Opinion
Rivers v. Bo Ezernack Hauling Contractor, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 10, 2010No. 09-991PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAINTER, Judge.
hThe employer and its insurer appeal the judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) in favor of the employee. The employee answers the appeal seeking additional attorney’s fees for work done on appeal. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment and award $5,000.00 in additional attorney’s fees for work done on appeal.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
It is undisputed that the employee, Roger Rivers, was involved in an accident on October 10, 2007, wherein the fully-loaded log truck he was driving overturned, while in the course and scope of his employment with Bo…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Romero v. Northrop-GrummanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
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3Cited by25 opinions
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