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POIRRIER v. OTIS ENGINEERING CORP.

No. 91-2.

602 So.2d 207 (1992)

Rickey J. POIRRIER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OTIS ENGINEERING CORP., et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juneau, Judice, Hill & Adley, Kraig T. Strenge, Lafayette, for Otis.

Aubrey & Ziegler, Kim M. Hoffman, Lafayette, for Poirrier.

Before LABORDE and KNOLL, JJ., and MARCANTEL, J. Pro Tem.

KNOLL, Judge.

This is a worker's compensation case. Defendants, Otis Engineering Corporation (Otis) and Highlands Insurance Company (Highlands), suspensively appeal the trial court's award of $8,000 attorney's fees and 12% penalties for their arbitrary and capricious termination of plaintiff's worker's compensation benefits and their refusal to pay medical expenses.

On appeal, appellants contend the award of attorney's fees and penalties is unsupported by...

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