BERTSCH v. SOUTH GATEWAY TIRE

No. 32,167-WCA.

738 So.2d 1225 (1999)

Michael G. BERTSCH, Plaintiff-appellant, v. SOUTH GATEWAY TIRE and Zurich-American Insurance Group, Defendants-appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. John, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellant.

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by Walter S. Salley, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellees.

Before CARAWAY, KOSTELKA and DREW, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

In this worker's compensation case, the employee disputes the employer's termination of supplemental earnings benefits (SEBs). Following the employee's surgery and his refusal to return to a new job offered by the employer, the employee obtained a job elsewhere paying considerably less than his pre-injury wages. Finding that the position offered by the employer would have alleviated the need for SEBs, we affirm...

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