Legal Opinion
Silverman v. Weatherford International, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 19, 2011No. Nos. 46,402-WCA, 46,403-WCAPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCaraway, J.
|, In these consolidated workers’ compensation actions an employee seeks benefits from his two former employers based upon claims that he received work-related knee *14injuries during the course and scope of his employment with each. The workers’ compensation judge (“WCJ”) awarded temporary total disability benefits from the time of plaintiffs second accident through the trial (and thereafter). The WCJ found the two employers solidarily liable however, for only the three-month period immediately following the second accident, assessing benefits thereafter against the first employer. Both the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Banks v. Indus. Roofing & Sheet MetalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
- Williams v. Rush Masonry, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- Peveto v. WHC ContractorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- Bailey v. Smelser Oil & Gas, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
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