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RODRIGUE v. LAFOURCHE PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 2004 CA 1136.

909 So.2d 627 (2005)

Elaine RODRIGUE v. LAFOURCHE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD & Cigna Property & Casualty. Elaine Rodrigue v. Lafourche Parish School Board.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Hanberry, Cut Off, for Plaintiff-Appellee Elaine Rodrigue.

Deanne B. McCauley, Covington, for Defendant-Appellant Lafourche Parish School Board.

Before: CARTER, C.J., PETTIGREW, and McDONALD, JJ.

PETTIGREW, J.

In this workers' compensation case, the employer, Lafourche Parish School Board ("School Board"), appeals a judgment awarding claimant, Elaine Rodrigue, $11,500.00 in penalties and $2,300.00 in attorney fees for the School Board's failure to timely pay medical bills and related expenses associated with a work-related injury sustained by Mrs. Rodrigue in 1992. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In 1983, Mrs. Rodrigue...

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