FRANCIS v. BFI

No. 01-769.

801 So.2d 604 (2001)

Shawn FRANCIS v. BFI.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Hautot, Jr., Judice & Adley, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants: BFI, AIG Claims Service, Inc.

Julian Louis Gibbens, III, Doucet & Speer, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee: Shawn Francis.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.


WOODARD, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, BFI appeals the workers' compensation judge's decision, which found that Mr. Shawn Francis had suffered a work-related accident. The WCJ, also, found that he was entitled to workers' compensation indemnity benefits from the date of the accident forward, yet, granted BFI a credit against its liability to Mr. Francis for workers' compensation benefits to the extent that the employer health plan primarily funded the...

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