Hunter v. Town of Richwood

Euckle Hunter, Jr., the claimant in this workers' compensation case, appeals from a judgment which denied the fraud claim he made against his employer, the Town of Richwood ("the Town"), under La. R.S. 23:1208. Hunter contended that, after he filed suit against the third party who injured him, the Town filed an intervention in that suit and improperly sought to recover penalties and attorney fees assessed against it in Hunter's workers' compensation case by "mislabeling" these payments as "temporary total disability." We affirm the judgment below.

FACTS

Hunter was employed by the Town as chief…