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GIBSON v. DYNAMIC INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 96-1605.

692 So.2d 1320 (1997)

Lincoln GIBSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DYNAMIC INDUSTRIES, INC. and The Gray Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence N. Curtis, Clint D. Bischoff, Lafayette, for Lincoln Gibson.

Joseph A. Reilly Jr., Houma, for Dynamic Industries, Inc.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and YELVERTON and WOODARD, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

Whether penalties and attorney's fees should be awarded was the sole issue presented and decided in this workers' compensation case. The hearing officer found that penalties and attorney's fees were not justified. For the following reasons, we reverse and make an award.

Lincoln Gibson was employed by Dynamic Industries, Inc. as a welder. On January 29, 1995, he was working off the coast of Tunisia, Africa when he was in an accident. Gibson...

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