PHILLIPS v. EPCO CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 35,740-WCA.

810 So.2d 1171 (2002)

Richard PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EPCO CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein by Jan P. Christiansen, Monroe, for Appellant.

Lee & Broussard by Francis C. Broussard, Monroe, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

The employee in this case died in a traffic accident on his commute to work at a chemical plant where he was an operator. The employee's family members seek workers' compensation benefits asserting that the decedent's employment-related travel costs were paid by the employer through a monthly travel allowance. The employer argues that the travel allowance and payment of actual mileage expense applied only to the decedent's trips for the company to other...

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