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SMETAK v. LA. WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORP.

No. 97-1497.

711 So.2d 417 (1998)

Raymond SMETAK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Reardon Stanford, Alexandria, for Raymond Smetak.

Thomas D. Travis, Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and SULLIVAN and GREMILLION, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether a workers' compensation claimant can recover penalties for his employer's or insurer's arbitrary and capricious refusal to consent to the claimant's request to change physicians. The workers' compensation judge awarded in favor of claimant, Raymond Smetak, and against defendant, Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation (LWCC), a $2,000.00 penalty for improper termination...

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