Homes v. Long

|,MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.

Plaintiff/Employer Jim Walter Homes appeals a judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court maintaining defendant/claimant Joseph Long’s exception of prematurity, dismissing plaintiff/employer’s Form LDOL-WC-1008 and awarding attorney’s fees of $750.00 to defendant/claimant’s attorney for defense of a frivolous claim. Jim Walter Homes is Joseph Long’s former employer and is insured by Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance. Jim Walter Homes and Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance will hereinafter be collectively referred to as “employer” and the defendant will hereinafter be…