GUARINO v. KAISER ALUM. CHEMICAL CORP.

NO. 98-CA-829

726 So.2d 1109 (1999)

Dale GUARINO v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Mustian, III, Metairie, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellee.

Richard L. Seelman, Wayne J. Fontana, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr., EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr. and MARION F. EDWARDS.


EDWARDS, Judge.

Defendant Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. ("Kaiser") appeals a judgment of the worker's compensation court in favor of plaintiff Dale Guarino for penalties and attorney fees. For the following reasons we affirm in part and reverse in part.

The only matter on appeal is the imposition of penalties and attorney fees due to the failure of the defendants to pay a settlement, reduced to an order by the worker's compensation judge, within thirty...

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