Legal Opinion
Burkett v. LFI Fort Pierce, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 4, 2011No. 10-1478PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAINTER, Judge.
| defendants, LFI Fort Pierce, Inc. d/b/a Labor Finders (Labor Finders) and ESIS, Inc., appeal the judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation finding that Plaintiff, David Burkett, proved both accident and disability and was temporarily totally disabled from the time of accident, finding that he was entitled to the forty hour presumption for calculation of his average weekly wage, setting his TTD rate at $266.67, and awarding penalties and attorney’s fees. For the following reasons, we amend the award of penalties and affirm.
FACTS
On November 8, 2006, Claimant, David…
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