Terrence Ruffins

By: Charles Taylor Matthews An employer has the right to select their own treating physician to provide a Second Medical Opinion to counter the opinion of a claimant’s chosen physician. However, can an employer also choose their own physical therapist to conduct a Functional Capacity Examination? To understand this issue, it’s crucial to first grasp […]

By: Meghan Gomez There are many things in the law that sit within a sort of gray area—especially in Louisiana workers’ compensation. Often times, the questions you pose to us are met with responses like, “It depends” or “If the court would interpret the law this way, then….”.  The issues of prescription (i.e., the timeframe

By: Corey Meaux One of the more unique aspects of Louisiana law was its one-year prescriptive period for delictual actions, aka tort/personal injury claims. If you are not familiar with our unique Louisiana legal terminology, a “prescriptive period” is our equivalent of a “statute of limitation,” which is what you’ve likely heard if you’ve done claims in

By: Patrick A. Johnson Please recognize that the excitement from this event can be overwhelming. Still, we all need to calm down and take notice that these new maximum and minimum compensation rates are going into effect on September 1, 2024. If you are not already aware, on September 1 of each year, the Office