Legal Opinion
Vital v. Landmark of Lake Charles
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 12, 2014No. 13-842PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREMILLION, Judge.
| landmark of Lake Charles (Landmark) appeals the judgment of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) overturning the decision of the Medical Director for the Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWC) and ordering that it provide its injured employee, Darlene Vital, lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESI). Ms. Vital also appeals the WCJ’s denial of an award for penalties and attorney fees. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTS
Ms. Vital was injured in the course and scope of her employment with Landmark on April 22, 2010, when she slipped and fell while showering a…
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