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AUTHEMENT v. SHAPPERT ENGINEERING

No. 2001 CA 0934.

818 So.2d 928 (2002)

Ronald Joseph AUTHEMENT v. SHAPPERT ENGINEERING and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Whiteley, Metairie, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants, Shappert Engineering and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company.

Michael J. Samanie, Stephen S. Stipelcovich, Houma, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee, Ronald Joseph Authement.

Before: GONZALES, KUHN, and CIACCIO, JJ.

GONZALES, J.

In this workers' compensation case, Shappert Engineering (Shappert) and its insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul), appeal a judgment awarding penalties and attorney fees to Shappert's former employee, Ronald Joseph Authement.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Mr. Authement, a crane operator, sustained a work-related right ankle injury in May of 1997. Between 1997 and 2000, he had two surgical procedures, attended...

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