A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker had paid the appropriate amount to “buy back” his entitlement to benefits after he settled a third-party tort claim without the consent of his employer’s comp carrier.
Case: Talbot v. Mouton Plumbing and Hauling, Nos. 17-759 and 17-357, 04/25/2018, published.
Facts and procedural history: Terrell Talbot suffered injuries in a car accident in the course of his employment with Mouton Plumbing.
Liberty Mutual Insurance C. provided comp coverage for Mouton and began paying workers’ compensation benefits to Talbot.
Talbot f...
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