HEINE v. CITY/PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

No. 2001 CA 1927.

835 So.2d 558 (2002)

James HEINE v. CITY/PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Hebert, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant James Heine.

Michael E. Ponder, Parish Attorney, Eugene A. Booth, Special Asst. Parish Attorney, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Before: FITZSIMMONS, GUIDRY, and PETTIGREW, JJ.


GUIDRY, J.

This matter comes before us on the issue of whether penalties and attorney's fees should be assessed against the appellee, City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge (City/Parish), for the alleged failure to timely pay a final, nonappealable judgment in violation of La. R.S. 23:1201(G).

The appellant, James Heine, previously filed a disputed claim for compensation against the City/Parish for denial of benefits. The workers' compensation judge...

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