Holley v. Tate & Lyle

hSTEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge.

This workers’ compensation case involves two pivotal issues regarding the interpretation of the pre-1999 amendment version of LSA-R.S. 28:1223, which allowed an employer to deduct the “amount of compensation” paid in total temporary disability (“TTD”) payments to any employee from supplemental earnings benefits (“SEB”) owed to that party: (1) whether the deduction should be dollar-for-dollar or week-for-week, and (2) whether the deduction should be taken at the beginning of the period for which the employee is entitled to SEB or the end. Defendants, Tate & Lyle…