Timberlake v. Christus Health Central Louisiana

PICKETT, Judge.

liAn employer appeals a judgment granting its former employee’s requests for surgery, penalties, and attorney fees for the employer’s failure to approve the requested surgery and to timely pay one week of indemnity benefits. For the following reasons, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and award additional attorney fees for work performed by the employee’s attorney on appeal.

FACTS

On March 30, 2010, Rhonda Timberlake, a registered nurse employed at Christus Health Central Louisiana d/b/a Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital (Cabrini) in the intensive care unit, claimed that…