STUTES v. KOCH SERVICES, INC.

No. 94-782.

649 So.2d 987 (1994)

Roderick K. STUTES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KOCH SERVICES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Allen Filo, Lake Charles, for Roderick K. Stutes.

Jacqueline L. Egan, Lafayette, for Koch Services, Inc.

Before YELVERTON, THIBODEAUX and PETERS, JJ.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

This is a workers' compensation case. The employer, Koch Services, Inc., appeals a judgment in favor of the plaintiff-employee, Roderick Keith Stutes, which awarded States supplemental earnings benefits and medical benefits in connection with his development of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) caused by exposure to benzene.

In awarding supplemental earnings benefits based on a zero earnings calculation, the administrative hearing officer...

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