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HOWARD v. OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MED. CTR.

No. 99 CA 1826.

768 So.2d 293 (2000)

Sheila A. HOWARD v. OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Bonnie, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Claimant/Appellee Sheila A. Howard.

Trenton J. Oubre, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.

Before: LeBLANC and KUHN, JJ., and GRANT, J. Pro Tem.

KUHN, Judge.

This appeal arises from an Office of Workers' Compensation ("OWC") ruling in favor of claimant, Sheila Howard, and against her employer, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center ("OLOL"). The ruling awards penalties and attorney fees for OLOL's failure to authorize Howard's evaluation by Dr. Louis Martin, a bariatric surgeon and weight loss specialist. We reverse.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Howard sustained an injury to her...

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