Legal Opinion
JE Merit Constructors, Inc. v. Hickman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 17, 2001No. 2000-C-0943PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
776 So.2d 435 (2001)
J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
v.
Zeno HICKMAN.
Zeno Hickman
v.
J.E. Merit Constructors, Inc.
No. 2000-C-0943.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 17, 2001.
Rehearing Denied February 16, 2001.
Kirk L. Landry, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Applicant.
William H. Goforth, Lafayette, Counsel for Respondent.
2Per curiam
At issue in this workers' compensation matter is whether the court of appeal erred in awarding claimant an additional $7,500 in attorney's fees for what it determined were further arbitrary and capricious acts by the employer. For the reasons assigned, we now reverse that portion of the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
3Cases cited5 opinions
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