Court Affirms Employer's Credit for Comp Benefits

The Louisiana Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling giving an employer a $500,000 credit against a civil judgment for workers’ compensation benefits it already paid out. Tommie Herbert collected more than $500,000 in comp benefits for injuries he sustained when he fell from a helicopter. Herbert was primarily a fuel truck driver for Industrial Helicopters Inc., but he was working for a related company at the time of the injury. Herbert was working for Game Management Inc. when he was injured. The same person who owned Industrial Helicopters also owns Game Management In...