Legal Opinion
Allen v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 23, 1994No. 93-C-2928PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
637 So.2d 123 (1994)
L.S. ALLEN
v.
The CITY OF SHREVEPORT.
No. 93-C-2928.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 23, 1994.
Joseph R. Gilsoul, Kenneth P. Haines, Shreveport, for applicant.
Jerald N. Jones, Lydia M. Rhodes, Shreveport, for respondent.
WATSON, Justice.[1]
This worker's compensation case presents two issues: (1) the effect of early retirement benefits on supplemental earnings benefits (SEBs) under LSA-R.S. 23:1221(3)(d)(iii); and (2) penalties and attorney's fees.
FACTS
Plaintiff, L.S. Allen, a City of Shreveport employee, suffered a hernia during employment on October 1, 1986. As a result of the…
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