Nitcher v. Northshore Regional Medical Center

|J concur in the result. Under Louisiana Revised 23:1225(A), the offset applicable to workers compensation benefits (“state offset”) is equal to the offset that otherwise would have been applicable to Social Security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C.A. § 424a (“federal offset”). See Kliebert v. Arceneaux Air Conditioning, Inc., 439 So.2d 486, 488 (La.App. 1 Cir.1983); see also Al Johnson Construction Company v. Pitre, 98-2564 (La.5/18/99), 734 So.2d 623, 626 (recognizing that the adoption of a state offset resulted in “no corresponding disadvantage to employees, since either the state or…