HURT v. WESTERN AMERICAN TRUCKING CO.

No. 26918-CA.

655 So.2d 558 (1995)

Leland A. HURT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN AMERICAN TRUCKING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Montgomery, Minden, for appellant.

Piper & Associates by Robert E. Piper, Jr., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

This is a worker's compensation case in which the claimant, Leland Hurt, appeals the hearing officer's judgment denying his request for penalties and attorney fees against his employer, Western American Trucking Company (Western American).1 For the following reasons, we affirm.

Facts

In December 1991, Hurt, then a truck driver for Western American, injured his back while tying down a load near Santa...

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