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LIGHTELL v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 96-CA-2013.

689 So.2d 732 (1997)

Raymond LIGHTELL v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Albe, Metairie, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Avis Marie Russell, City Attorney, Milton Osborne, Jr., Deputy City Attorney, Neil J. Kohlman, Gabriel Veninata, Assistant City Attorneys, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant.

Before KLEES, WALTZER and LANDRIEU, JJ.

LANDRIEU, Judge.

The City of New Orleans appeals a judgment of the Office of Workers' Compensation (OWC) which found that claimant, Raymond Lightell, currently had a temporary total disability due to a work-related accident on April 1992. In the judgment, the hearing officer also awarded the claimant $2,500.00 in attorney fees, finding that the City was arbitrary and capricious in failing to promptly notify the OWC and the claimant that it modified the status of claimant...

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