Legal Opinion
City of Shreveport v. Lifecare Hospitals, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 29, 2005No. 39,785-WCAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
11 DREW, J.
The City of Shreveport (“City”) appealed from a judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation (“OWC”), District 1-W, the Hon. Larry Butler presiding,1 awarding Lifecare Hospital an 85% rate of reimbursement for the treatment of a critically injured city employee. We affirm.
FACTS
The facts are undisputed and were stipulated by the parties. Mr. Alvin Cox was an employee of the City of Shreveport. On August 23, 2002, Cox was working for the City, when a man approached and shot him in the head. Neither the identity of the assailant nor his motive were evident from this record.…
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