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PITRE v. BESSETTE DEVELOPMENT CORP.

No. 13-588.

126 So.3d 869 (2013)

Troy PITRE, v. BESSETTE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 6, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Douglas Hunter , Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttle, Hunter & Jarrell, L.L.P., Opelousas, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Bessette Development Corporation.

Scott J. Pias , Attorney at Law, Lake Charles, LA, for Appellant, Scott James Pias, Individually.

Emily G. Andrews , Angelique Duhon Freel , Assistant Attorneys General, Baton Rouge, LA, for Other Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.

KEATY, Judge.

Attorney appeals a judgment rendered by the workers' compensation judge (WCJ) reducing the amount of attorney fees that he could collect for his legal representation of plaintiff, Troy Pitre, from $15,000.00 to $8,316.60. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Pitre was injured in a work-place accident on November 5, 2007, while employed by Bessette Development Corporation. Two days later, Pitre hired attorney...

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