CITY OF EUNICE v. CARRIER

No. 01-1184.

821 So.2d 3 (2002)

CITY OF EUNICE v. Earlyn CARRIER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Opinion Granting Rehearing in Part May 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Richard Philipp, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee City of Eunice, Louisiana.

Michael W. Robinson, Pucheu, Pucheu & Robinson, Eunice, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Earlyn Carrier.

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


WOODARD, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, the employee, Mr. Earlyn Carrier, appealed the WCJ's finding that he forfeited benefits, pursuant to La.R.S. 23:1208.1, for his failure to list a previous injury on his pre-employment medical history questionnaire. We reverse.

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Mr. Carrier began working for the City of Eunice (the City) May 25, 1995. Prior to that, he worked for DeBarge's Grocery Store, for which he handled sacks of crawfish...

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