Ingbretson v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation appeals a judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court granting Vernon Ingbretson temporary total disability benefits for an occupational disease sustained within the course of his employment with Louisiana-Pacific. The court also awarded Ingbretson costs and attorney fees and a 20 percent penalty. We affirm.

We restate the issues as follows:

1. Did the Workers’ Compensation Court abuse its discretion by deciding issues not raised in the pretrial order?

2. Did the court exceed its jurisdiction by deciding that Ingbretson was wrongfully discharged from his employment…