Latiolais v. Emile Barras, Inc.

JiSAUNDERS, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation proceeding, defendants balk at claimant’s request that it pay for two cardiovascular operations, contending that claimant failed to make his case under the stringent requirements of LSA-R.S. 23:1021(7)(e), pertaining to heart-related or perivascular injuries. The hearing officer concluded that the provision is not applicable and held the employer and its insurer responsible for claimant’s medical expenses, finding that these expenses were caused not by the accident itself, but resulted from complications from claimant’s medically necessary…