Legal Opinion

Nitcher v. Northshore Regional Medical Center

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 18, 2015No. 2014 CA 1291Published

1Opinion of the CourtHigginbotham, J.

|2In this workers’ compensation case, Northshore Regional Medical Center, the employer, appeals an order of the workers’ compensation judge wherein the judge denied Northshore’s motion as requested for an offset of $115.52 per week against its payment of disability workers’ compensation benefits to its former employee, Stephanie Nitcher, due to payments .of disability benefits by the, Social Security *122Administration. The workers’ compensation judge ordered a reduced offset of $49.71 per week, which considered Nitcher’s payment of attorney fees. The specific issue on appeal is whether attorney…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McCarroll v. Airport Shuttle, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  2. Nitcher v. Northshore Regional Medical CenterLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  3. Regnier v. Department of Labor & IndustriesWashington Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Jones v. Walpole Tire Service, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
  5. Sasser v. Tyler Timber, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2004

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