Freeman v. West Fraser, Inc.

PICKETT, Judge.

| ,West Fraser, Inc. appeals a judgment of the trial court finding Houston Freeman sustained a compensable injury and awarding workers’ compensation benefits, penalties, and attorney fees.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Freeman suffered a contusion to his hip when he fell at work on December 28, 2010. His doctor released him to light-duty work in late February 2011. West Fraser offered him a position as a security guard checking in trucks beginning on March 7, 2011, where he only had to do limited walking. Freeman worked twelve hours the first day, and then four hours on the next day…