SUAREZ v. ANDERSON INDUSTRIAL SCAFFOLDING

No. 2002 CA 0195, 2002 CA 0196.

837 So.2d 142 (2002)

J. Carmen SUAREZ v. ANDERSON INDUSTRIAL SCAFFOLDING.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied April 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Davoli, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff—Appellant J. Carmen Suarez.

W. Scarth Clark, Metairie, for Defendant—Appellee Anderson Industrial Scaffolding.

Before: FOIL, FOGG, and KLINE, JJ.


FOGG, J.

In this workers' compensation case, the salient issue raised on appeal is whether the claimant forfeited his benefits pursuant to LSA-R.S. 23:1208.1 due to his untruthful denial on his application for employment of the existence of a known medical condition. For the following reasons, we affirm.

In October of 1999, J. Carmen Suarez, a 58-year-old Mexican immigrant, utilized the assistance of his daughter during the application process for a job with...

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