Dillard's Dept. Store v. Cochennic

JJDUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Velma Cochennic, a workers’ compensation claimant, from an adverse judgment in a dispute over the amount of penalties owed her by her employer, Dillard’s Department Stores. The employer previously had been found liable for penalties because it had not reasonably controverted the original claim. The parties could not agree upon the proper amount of these penalties, and sought resolution of the problem before the workers’ compensation judge. The judge ruled that Dillard’s computation of the penalties was correct because it used the statute in effect at the…