NEWELL v. OUT OF THE WOODS, INC.

No. 97 CA 1287.

711 So.2d 800 (1998)

Charles NEWELL v. OUT OF THE WOODS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Megin Koch, Baton Rouge, for Appellants Out of the Woods, Inc. and Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp.

Charles Newell, Franklinton, Appellee, pro se.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and SHORTESS and FOGG, JJ.


SHORTESS, Judge.

Louisiana Revised Statute 23:1225(C)(1) is a wage-loss coordination provision designed "to preclude an employee from contemporaneously collecting duplicative wage-loss benefits under different parts of the overall system of employer-based protection against loss of wages."1 Subsection C(1)(c) of that statute provides for an offset against workers' compensation payments for benefits under disability benefits plans, including...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases