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BIHM v. UNIT DRILLING COMPANY

No. 12-569.

102 So.3d 1058 (2012)

Thomas Boyd BIHM v. UNIT DRILLING COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 7, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence N. Curtis , Lawrence N. Curtis, LTD., Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Thomas Boyd Bihm.

Joseph R. Pousson, Jr. , Kendrick J. Guidry , Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Unit Drilling Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, JAMES T. GENOVESE, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.

PETERS, J.

The plaintiff in this workers' compensation case, Thomas Boyd Bihm, appeals the sufficiency of the attorney fee awarded in his favor. For the following reasons, we affirm the hourly rate used by the workers' compensation judge (WCJ) to calculate the attorney fee award, but amend the award by adjusting upward the number of hours on which the award is based.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

On November 8, 2000, Mr. Bihm sustained a knee injury while...

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