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RUTLEDGE v. RESOURCE TRANSP.

No. 08-1149.

7 So.3d 794 (2009)

Dustin RUTLEDGE v. RESOURCE TRANSPORTATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Purser, Purser Law Firm, Opelousas, LA, for Defendants/Appellants National Loss Control Management, Inc. Resource Transportation.

Christopher C. McCall, Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee Dustin Rutledge.

Court composed of MARC T. AMY, BILLY HOWARD EZELL and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.

AMY, Judge.

The workers' compensation judge awarded penalties and attorney fees to the claimant for the employer's failure to approve medical treatment and pay certain medical bills. The employer appeals, contending that the judge erred in assessing penalties and attorney fees and in failing to specify for which expenses and treatments the penalties and attorney fees were assessed. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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