WILKES v. IVAN SMITH FURNITURE CO.

No. 39,096-WCA.

890 So.2d 780 (2004)

Randolph WILKES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. IVAN SMITH FURNITURE CO. and American Zurich Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Divincenti & Fontenot-Roberts, by William C. George, Lorraine A. Dupont, Baton Rouge, for Appellants.

Caldwell & Caldwell, by James D. Caldwell, for Appellee.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY & PEATROSS, JJ.


PEATROSS, J.

This appeal arises from a workers' compensation judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Randolph Wilkes ("Mr. Wilkes"), and against defendant-appellant, Ivan Smith Furniture Company ("Ivan Smith"), in which the former was awarded $180 per week for temporary total disability, medical expenses and legal interest and costs.1 Mr. Wilkes' request for penalties and attorney fees and Ivan Smith's assertion of forfeiture of benefits...

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