Daigle v. Employers National Insurance Co.

JjPICKETT, Judge.

The Defendant was voluntarily paying workers’ compensation benefits to Plaintiff. The Plaintiff was concurrently receiving social security disability benefits for his injury. Defendant offset its payments and filed a notice with the Office of Workers’ Compensation when it learned Plaintiff was also receiving social security benefits. The trial court ruled Defendant was justified under La.R.S. 23:1225 in unilaterally taking the offset since it voluntarily instituted payment of compensation benefits to Plaintiff. The Plaintiff now appeals. *698For the following reasons, we affirm…