By: Keith Landry DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT YOUR CLAIM NOTES AND BE PROACTIVE IN THE PAYMENT (OR NON-PAYMENT) OF BENEFITS 23:1201. Time, place of payment; failure to pay timely; failure to authorize; penalties and attorney fees 23:1201(F)(2) This Subsection shall not apply if the claim is reasonably controverted or if such nonpayment results from conditions over […]
By: Michael Parker The issue of whether someone injured in Texas (or any other state) can assert a claim under the Louisiana Compensation Act (Act) is one that occurs very frequently and as our society continues to be more and more mobile with work duties taking employees to many unexpected places this issue will continue
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
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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
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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
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By: Andres Gomez As you know, a 1201(G) penalty is one imposed due to a failure to pay a judgment within 30 days of when it becomes due. As of late, we have seen more and more plaintiff attorneys threatening 1201(G) penalties for what they perceive is an issue that can net them more money
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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
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By: Andres Gomez Most people nowadays have a social media presence on at least one platform. Injured employees are no exception, and the information gathered on social media profiles can sometimes flip a case in our favor. Here are some tips and tricks that will hopefully facilitate your investigations. Check the name – It seems
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By: Corey M. Meaux I’ve received this call and/or email hundreds of times. An adjuster is sitting on the fence about accepting or denying an accident or body part, but they don’t know which way to go. They have looked at all of the facts and scenarios, but they still cannot pull the trigger on
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By: Patrick A. Johnson Earlier this week, I received a phone call from an adjuster asking me how to calculate a disability rating for payment of a Permanent Partial Disability (PPD). The adjuster understood the calculation method, but she did not know where to go for the value of the particular body part. It then
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