Legal Opinion
Istre v. International Maintenance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 4, 2004No. 03-1003PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
| t SULLIVAN, Judge.
International Maintenance Company (IMC) appeals a workers’ compensation judgment awarding Terrell Istre temporary total disability benefits, medical expenses and treatment, mileage expenses, $2,000.00 in penalties, and $9,000.00 in attorney fees. Finding no error, we affirm and amend to award Mr. Istre additional attorney fees of $1,500.00 for defending this appeal.
Discussion of the Record
On July 24, 2000, Mr. Istre filed a disputed claim for compensation, alleging that he injured his back on June 1, 2000, as he stretched from a scaffold to make a weld on a tank wall. IMC…
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