Legal Opinion

Allen v. Affordable Home Furnishings

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 1, 2014No. 14-338PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAINTER, Judge.

11 Plaintiff, Juan Carlos Allen, appeals the judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) reducing his benefits retroactively to September 24, 2103, for refusing to participate in vocational rehabilitation.

FACTS

Allen was injured in the course and scope of his employment with Affordable Home Furnishings (Affordable) in July 2013. Vocational rehabilitation was originally scheduled with Jody Villion-Devillier. Allen declined to participate in counseling after Devillier refused to agree to certain conditions set by his counsel. Affordable filed a motion to compel vocational…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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