Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. LUBA Workers' Comp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 4, 2015No. 14-1000PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREMILLION, Judge.
|t In this workers’ compensation case, the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) awarded weekly indemnity benefits, $8,000.00 in penalties, and attorney fees of $12,625.00 to' Michelle Buchanan. Her employer, Vitello, Inc. (Vitello), and its workers’ compensation insurer, LUBA Workers’ Compensation, appeal. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTS
On October 22, 2012, Ms. Buchanan was working for Vitello installing some duct work at Kauffman Hall on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her immediate task was wrapping insulation around a ten-inch…
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