Sasser v. Tyler Timber, Inc.

In this workers’ compensation case, Tyler Timber, Inc. (Tyler Timber) appeals the denial of its request for recognition of an offset against its payment of workers’ compensation benefits due to the payment of disability benefits to its former employee, Chad Sasser, by the Social Security Administration. The specific issue on appeal is whether the Social Security Administration’s unilateral relinquishment of its offset deprives the employer of its right to the offset provided for in La.R.S. 23:1225(A). Finding that it does not under the facts of this case, we reverse the judgment of the…