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BUTLER v. OVERNITE TRANSP. CO., INC.

No. 83-CA-602.

444 So.2d 676 (1984)

Randolph BUTLER, Sr. v. OVERNITE TRANSPORTATION CO., INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney A. Brignac and Robert R. Faucheux, Jr., Reserve, for Randolph Butler, Sr., plaintiff-appellee.

James L. Donovan, Donovan & Lawler, Metairie, for Overnite Transp. Co., Inc., et al., plaintiffs-appellants.

Before BOUTALL, C.J., and CURRAULT and GAUDIN, JJ.

BOUTALL, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from a judgment rendered in a worker's compensation case ordering the employer-appellant to pay certain medical and hospital expenses of its employee under La.R.S. 23:1203 and awarding attorney's fees for its arbitrary and capricious refusal to pay pursuant to La. R.S. 22:658. We remand for a retrial on competent evidence.

Plaintiff-appellee Randolph Butler allegedly suffered a back injury on June 17, 1982 in the course...

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