Opinion
No. 2002-C-0478
January 14, 2003.
BY: KNOLL, J.:
(Office of Workers' Compensation, District 2)
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the appellate court's decisions in Fontenot v. Reddell Vidrine Water Dist., 2001-0762 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1/9/02), 815 So.2d 895 and Haynes v. Williams Fence and Aluminum, 2001-0026 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1/9/02), 805 So.2d 233 which allowed multiple penalties under LA. REV. STAT. ANN. Sec. 23:1201(F) for multiple violations regarding the payment of compensation and medical benefit claims. However, we reverse the appellate court's decision considered by us in Haynes v. Williams Fence and Aluminum, 2002-0478 (La. 4/26/02), 813 So.2d 1096, on Williams's discontinuance of vocational rehabilitation services and remand that aspect of this case for consideration by the appellate court of Haynes's claim for attorneys' fees.
2002-C-0439, AFFIRMED.
2002-C-0442, AFFIRMED.
2002-C-0478, REVERSED AND REMANDED.
VICTORY, J., concurs in part and dissents in part and assigns reasons.