A morbidly obese worker's inability to maintain any weight loss in the eight-month period after his employer enrolled him in a Weight Watchers diet plan did not justify a 50% reduction in his benefits as a penalty for failing to comply with his medical treatment plan, the Louisiana Court of Appeals ruled. The court on Friday said that it agreed with the workers' compensation judge's finding that William Jones had been cooperative and compliant with the weight-loss rehabilitation offered to him after his 2010 back injury, so his employer could not cut his benefits pursuant to&n...
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