653 So. 2d 115 - Borel v. Dynamic Offshore Contractors’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 620 So. 2d 277 - Bailey v. Smelser Oil & Gas, Inc. · 468 So. 2d 1386 - Duplechain v. Gulf States Utility Co. · Borel v. Dynamic Offshore Contractors · Morin v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“The employer or insurer is liable for statutory penalties for withholding benefits without evidence to `reasonably controvert' the employees [sic] right to compensation and medical benefits. La.R.S. 23:1201. Additionally, attorney's fees are recoverable if the employer or insurer acted arbitrarily, capriciously or without probable cause in refusing to pay or terminating benefits. La.R.S. 23:1201.2. An insurer or an employer is required to make a reasonable effort to ascertain an employee's exact medical condition before benefits are terminated or denied. (Citation omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The trial court must weigh all the evidence, medical and lay, in order to determine if the plaintiff has met his burden. This factual finding should be given great weight and should not be overturned absent manifest error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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