FEDERATED RURAL ELEC. v. SIMMONS

No. 89-448.

568 So.2d 644 (1990)

FEDERATED RURAL ELECTRIC, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John SIMMONS, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied December 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, James E. Diaz, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Cameron B. Simmons, Jeanerette, for defendant-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Federated Rural Electric Insurance Cooperative and Teche Electric Cooperative, Inc., filed this suit seeking to have defendant's worker's compensation benefits retroactively reduced by 50% on court declaration that he had not cooperated with rehabilitative efforts provided for him by plaintiffs under La.R.S. 23:1226. While this suit was pending, plaintiffs unilaterally reduced the benefits paid defendant pursuant to R.S. 23:1221(3). Defendant...

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