JOHNSON v. TRANSERVE

No. 01-1170.

809 So.2d 1179 (2002)

Lealon JOHNSON v. TRANSERVE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Iles, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee Lealon Johnson.

Charles V. Musso, Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellee Transerve.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

The employer appeals a judgment of the Office of Workers' Compensation awarding the claimant supplemental earnings benefits from August 17, 2000 through December 7, 2000. The claimant answered the appeal and requests this court award penalties and attorney fees for the employers failure to pay benefits. For the following reasons, we affirm the award of benefits, and render judgment awarding $2,000.00 in penalties and $5,000.00 in attorney fees.

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