Legal Opinion
Bilquist v. Custom Craft Homes, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 7, 2012No. 2012-CA-0469PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge.
| ,This is a workers’ compensation case. The employer/defendant, Custom Craft Homes, Inc. (Custom Craft), appeals the judgment in favor of the claimant/employee, Charles Bilquist. The judgment awards Mr. Bilquist temporary total disability benefits, medical benefits, penalties, and attorney fees.
For the reasons that follow, this Court finds that the award of disability benefits, medical benefits, and attorney fees was proper. We agree that although the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) properly assessed Custom Craft with penalties, the penalties awarded exceeded…
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