Court Tosses Worker's Challenge to Award Due to Defect With Order

A Louisiana appellate court tossed a worker’s challenge to an award in his favor, finding the judgment was not final and appealable. Case: Batiste v. Minerals Technology Inc., No. 20-327, 05/05/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Timothy Batiste filed a workers’ compensation claim alleging he had injured his back on April 13, 2017, while working as a night supervisor at Minerals Technology Inc. Batiste alleged that the dispute was whether MT had failed to pay weekly compensation benefits, failed to authorize medical treatment with Dr. Michael Heard and failed to ...