Ashley v. Stelly's Cajun Yams

liPER CURIAM:*

Writ granted. The hearing officer and Court of Appeal erred as a matter of law in determining an anatomical loss of use not based on the American Medical Association “Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment” as mandated in La.R.S. 23:1221(4)(q). Captain v. Sonnier Timber Co., 503 So.2d 689, 692 (La.App. 3 Cir.1987); Sumrall v. Crown Zellerbach Corp., 525 So.2d 272 (La.App. 1 Cir.1988). Likewise, there is no basis to award penalties and attorney’s fees. Accordingly, the lower courts’ judgments are reversed, vacated and set aside, and judgment is hereby granted in…