OWC Judges Voice Concern Over Scope of 'Safe Harbor' Law

Judges from the Louisiana Office of Workers' Compensation are expressing concern that the newly-enacted safe harbor provisions of the state's Workers' Compensation Act may hamstring them from imposing appropriate sanctions.Defense attorney Jeffrey Napolitano of Juge, Napolitano, Guilbeau, Ruli & Frieman said the impression he got from the judges from a discussion that followed his presentation at the annual joint judge/mediator meeting in New Orleans on Oct. 10 was that the judges really don't like some of the changes wrought by HB 728, which took effect on Aug. 1.Napo...