EPOCH WELLSITE SERVICES v. ORTEGO

No. WCA 03-547.

858 So.2d 827 (2003)

EPOCH WELLSITE SERVICES v. Corey ORTEGO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Louis Riley, Onebane, Bernard, Torian, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee Epoch Wellsite Services.

Michael W. Robinson, Pucheu, Pucheu & Robinson, Eunice, LA, for Defendant Appellant Corey Ortego.

Court composed of BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.


EZELL, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, Corey Ortego appeals the calculation of his wages for the purpose of determining his proper supplemental earning benefits (SEB) rate. He claims the workers' compensation judge erred in including his U.S. Army subsistence and housing allowances as wages in that calculation, thereby incorrectly raising his income and lowering his SEB. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the workers' compensation judge...

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