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Fifth Circuit: Maritime Carpenter Not Covered by LHWCA
The Fifth Circuit recently issued a new decision addressing the limits of jurisdiction under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. The claimant, a... More
OWC Applies Annual Increase to Benefit Rates
Effective September 1, 2016, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Office of Workers’ Compensation will increase its minimum and maximum compensation rates. The new maximum compensation... More
Civil Trial to Proceed Against Williams Olefins Plant
On June 13, 2013, the Williams Olefins plant, located in Geismer on the Ascension-Iberville parish line, was undergoing a $300 million ethylene expansion. A... More
Police Officer’s Appeal For PTD Benefits Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction
In January 2013, a Bogalusa police officer was injured in the course of his employment when his gun got caught on the steering wheel... More
Eleventh Circuit Considers Challenge to Admiralty Jurisdiction in Florida Drainage Canal Injury
On August 3, 2016, the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Tundidor v. Miami-Dade County, a case highlighting an... More
LWC Office Closures Due to Flooding
The LWC headquarters in Baton Rouge are closed today – Monday, August 15, 2016. In addition to the headquarters closure, the LWC offices in... More
Louisiana on the Forefront of Controversial “Right to Try” Laws
Louisiana’s “Right To Try” law, which gives terminally ill patients access to medicines not yet approved by the FDA, went into effect on August... More
$23 Million Punitive Damage Award Upheld by Louisiana Appellate Court
On June 29, 2016, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a jury’s award of $23 million in punitive damages to the family... More
Louisiana Offers Legal Protection to Police Officers and Firefighters
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill, Act 184, that serves to offer Louisiana’s police force additional legal protection amid a particularly turbulent... More
Circumstantial Evidence Insufficient to Overcome Clearly Erroneous Standard of Review
Decedent’s wife appealed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (“WCJ”) finding that she failed to establish her husband was in the course and scope of his... More