Russell v. Sewerage & Water Board New Orleans

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

|, Terry Russell, a longtime employee of the Sewage & Water Board of New Orleans, was disabled as a result of an on-the-job injury. The Sewage & Water Board paid him temporary and total disability benefits.- When his treating physician, Dr. Bruce Torrance, determined that Mr. Russell had reached maximum medical improvement, the Sewage & Water Board *95began a process to offer alternative emr ployment to Mr. Russell in order to accommodate his disability. .

Contending that Mr. Russell rejected alternative employment that would have equaled his pre-injury salary, the "Sewage &…