Employer Gets Sanctions for Denying Worker Treatment with Doctor of His Choice Overturned

A Louisiana appellate court threw out an award of $5,000 in fees and sanctions against an employer, saying the record did not support a finding that the employer had denied a worker the right to treat with the doctor of his choice. Case: McCombs v. G.L. Jones Construction, No. 49,541-WCA, 01/14/2015, published. Facts: Damon S. McCombs, an Alabama resident, worked as a welding supervisor for Jones Construction, an Alabama corporation. Jones sent him on a job at the International Paper mill in Mansfield, Louisiana, in 2012. As McCombs was watching a welder at work, a piece of steel under hig...