Employer Liable for SEBs after Terminating Office Manager

An injured office manager is entitled to supplemental earnings benefits after proving that his employer fired him after his injury, a Louisiana appellate court concluded. Case: Hahn v. X-Cel Air Conditioning, No. 2012-CA-0236, 1/9/13, published. Facts: Scott Hahn, an office manager for X-Cel Air Conditioning, lived in Diamondhead, Miss. X-Cel's office was located in Mandeville, La., and X-Cel paid Hahn $250 a month to compensate him for the cost of fuel in his private vehicle. On Oct. 27, 2009, X-Cel asked Hahn to pick up a co-worker in Long Beach, Miss., and to drive him to a job site in ...