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Penalty and Fee Award Reversed
Claimant fell off a ladder sustaining injuries to her head, shoulder, and back while in the course and scope of her employment. Subsequently, questions... More
OSHA Levies Fines
PECOFacet in Mineral Falls, Texas, faces over $224,000.00 in OSHA fines, prompted by two serious incidents. The first involved a finger amputation when a... More
No Penalty for Inaccurate Mileage Reimbursement
Claimant sustained an injury while working for Employer, the Town of Gueydan, in 2012. In 2014, Claimant filed a disputed claim for compensation based... More
LSBA Secret Santa Project
For the eighth straight year, MBLB participated in the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Secret Santa Project. In conjunction with the Louisiana Bar Foundation, the... More
Employer Receives Credit for Work Comp Payments
An employer who is assessed both workers’ compensation benefits and tort damages gets a credit, or offset, for the amount of workers’ compensation benefits... More
Eastern District of Louisiana Excludes Pre-Trial Surveillance for Failure to Disclose
Plaintiff filed a Jones Act claim against several defendants, including barge drilling contractor, Baywater Drilling, LLC (“Baywater”) and oil services company Frank’s International, LLC... More
Elsewhere…
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that employers have a duty to prevent asbestos exposure from spreading to the families of their exposed employees.... More
NFL Players Sue for Workers’ Compensation Benefits
A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Ft. Lauderdale by a group of former NFL... More
Study Links Obesity to High Workers’ Compensation Costs
A study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, a publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, reported that... More
School Did Not Commit an “Intentional Act”
The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently readdressed the Intentional Act Exception of the Workers’ Compensation Statute found in La. R.S. 23:1032(B). The... More