L & S Construction v. Lopez

Ruffin, Judge.

L & S Construction (“L & S”) and Canal Insurance Company c/o O’Steen Adjusting Service (“Canal”) appeal from an order requiring them to pay attorney fees under OCGA § 34-9-108 (b) to Martin Lopez (“Lopez”) and Bob St. John Construction, LLC (“St. John”). For reasons that follow, we reverse.

Lopez was injured while working a construction job on April 6, 2004. He made a workers’ compensation claim and, after a hearing before an administrative law judge (“ALJ”), was awarded temporary total disability benefits, temporary partial disability benefits, reimbursement of his medical…