CARAWAY, J.
This case involves the acceleration payments provision of the Workers' Compensation Act, La. R.S. 23:1333, that operates because of an employer's wilful refusal to pay pursuant to a judgment awarding benefits. The employer appeals an Office of Workers' Compensation judgment accelerating supplemental earnings benefits and awarding the employee a lump sum of $183,612, representing 10 years of benefits, offset by a prior payment of back benefits. The trial...
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