McLendon v. State, Dept. of Natural Resources, Office of Forestry

LABORDE, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Grady McLendon, filed suit for worker’s compensation benefits against his employer, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Forestry, after the benefits were terminated on July 17, 1985. The trial court found in favor of plaintiff and assigned reasons for: 1) adjudicating plaintiff totally and permanently disabled; 2) finding the State arbitrary and capricious in terminating the benefits; and 3) ruling that plaintiff’s retirement benefits could not be used to offset the supplemental earnings benefits under LSA-R.S.…