HYPOLITE v. LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMP.

WCA 16-387.

206 So.3d 255 (2016)

Earnest HYPOLITE v. LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORP., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Lomax Jordan, Jr. , 1817 W. University Ave., Lafayette, LA 70506, (337) 233-9984, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT: Earnest Hypolite.

Matthew Robert Richards , Johnson, Rahman & Thomas, 2237 S. Acadian Thruway, Baton Rouge, LA 70898-8001, (225) 231-0521, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation, M. A. Patout & Son, LTD., L.L.C.

Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Jimmie C. Peters, and Billy Howard Ezell, Judges.


Earnest Hypolite appeals the decision of the workers' compensation judge that he forfeited his right to workers' compensation benefits because he deliberately made false statements in order to obtain workers' compensation. For the following reasons, we hereby affirm the decision of the workers' compensation judge.

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