LOPEZ v. ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO

No. 13-418.

127 So.3d 55 (2013)

Jo Ann LOPEZ v. ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Louisiana Attorney General, Angelique Duhon Freel , Emily G. Andrews , Assistant Attorneys General, Baton Rouge, LA, for State of Louisiana.

Roger G. Burgess , Erin McCall Alley , Kilburn S. Landry , Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Jo Ann Lopez.

Joseph Richard Pousson, Jr. , Plauche, Smith & Nieset, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Appellant, Scott James Pias.

Court composed of JAMES T. GENOVESE, SHANNON J. GREMILLION, and JOHN E. CONERY, Judges.


GREMILLION, Judge.

In this workers' compensation matter, attorney Scott J. Pias appeals the order of the workers' compensation judge (WCJ) in which he was ordered to return $86,221.60 he withheld as attorney fees owed by his client, Jo Ann Lopez. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS

Lopez was injured on December 6, 2004, while in the course and scope of her employment with St. Charles Gaming Company, Inc., d/b/a The Isle of Capri Casino...

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