Employer Hit With Penalties for Failure to Timely Make Payment of Settlement

A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of $57,733 in attorney fees and penalties against an employer for adding additional contractual language on the checks that it sent him, essentially attempting to force the worker to acknowledge the terms of payment when it had no contractual right to make such a demand. Case: Guillory v. R&R Construction, No. 17-935, 03/14/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Raphael Guillory Jr. suffered injuries in August 2013 while working for R&R Construction. R&R had workers’ compensation insurance coverage with the Zurich North A...