Claimant Loses in Long-Delayed Appeal of Penalty Award

A Louisiana appellate court reversed a ruling by the Office of Workers’ Compensation awarding a claimant $6,000 in penalties for her employer's failure to pay medical bills, and one judge admonished the OWC in a separate opinion for taking more than three years to issue a decision in the case. Case: Cobb v. Lafayette Parish School Board, No. 16-990, 05/17/2017. Facts and procedural: Catherine Cobb filed a claim alleging she was injured during her employment with the Lafayette Parish School Board in September 2000. The parties stipulated that Cobb was entitled to temporary total dis...