669 So. 2d 529 - Reed v. Direct Installers’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 633 So. 2d 129 - Smith v. Louisiana Dept. of Corrections · Freeman v. Poulan/Weed Eater · Pinkins v. Cardinal Wholesale Supply, Inc. · Garner v. Sheats & Frazier · 594 So. 2d 1008 - Romero v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“Entitlement to supplemental earnings benefits is governed by La. R.S. 23:1221 (3). In order to recover, the employee must first prove by a preponderance of the evidence he is unable to earn wages equal to ninety percent or more of the wages he earned before the accident.... Once the employee’s burden is met, the burden of proof then shifts to the employer, who, if he wishes to contend that the employee is earning less than he is able to earn so as to defeat or reduce supplemental earnings benefits, bears the burden of proving that the employee is physically able to perform a certain job, that the job was offered to the employee or that the job was available to the employee ... in his or the employer’s community or reasonable geographic region.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“included each of the jobs on the list because she verified Reed's ability to perform the requirements of the job and she contacted all the potential employers and verified the availability of the job ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the jobs proven to be available to an employee under R.S. 23:1221(3)(c)(1) must be realistically obtainable by the employee and must offer earnings which are more than mere speculation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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