THOMASON v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 37,520-WCA.

852 So.2d 1283 (2003)

Larry THOMASON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen & Gooch, by Charles Martin Kreamer, Sr., Lafayette, for Appellant.

Langston Law Firm, L.L.C., by Carlton Lashayne Parhms, for Appellee.

Before STEWART, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

Wal-Mart appeals a judgment awarding workers' compensation benefits, penalties, and attorney fees to Larry Thomason. We amend the judgment to increase the award of attorney fees, and as amended, the judgment is affirmed.

FACTS

Thomason was employed as an unloader at a West Monroe Wal-Mart. Thomason's job required him to lift food items and drinks from a conveyor belt coming out of a truck and place the items on a pallet. He would then pull...

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