WISE v. J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC.

No. 97-C-0684.

707 So.2d 1214 (1998)

Larry D. WISE v. J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Dyess, Arthur Cobb, Jr., Baton Rouge, Michelle M. Sorrells, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Kirk L. Landry, Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for respondent.


KNOLL, Justice.*

This application concerns whether the hearing officer erred in ordering the claimant's worker's compensation benefits forfeited because he had failed to answer truthfully the employer's second injury fund questionnaire concerning a prior injury. We granted writs to consider that issue and to resolve a conflict among the circuits regarding the statutory interpretation of what constitutes a direct relationship between claimant...

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