Legal Opinion
Cordon v. Parish Glass of St. Tammany, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 23, 2014No. 2014 CA 0475PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPettigrew, J.
lain this workers’ compensation case, the claimant, Carlos Cordon, appeals a December 3, 2013 judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation (“OWC”), finding that Cordon forfeited his rights to all workers’ compensation indemnity benefits and medical benefits, based on the intoxication defense set forth in La. R.S. 23:1081, and ordering Cordon to pay LUBA Casualty Insurance Company (“LUBA”) restitution of $140,491.71 for indemnity benefits and $145,536.99 for medical benefits, and attorney fees of $10,000.00. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.
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- Stogner v. Smith & Smith, LLCLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
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