Split Supreme Court Reduces Award to Comp Firm for Carrier's Delay in Tendering Defense

A divided Louisiana Supreme Court reduced an award to a workers' compensation firm from its insurance carrier based on the carrier's failure to timely secure counsel to defend it from a claim by an injured employee. Case: Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson LLC v. Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp., No. 2021-C-00566, 03/25/2022, published. Facts: Polly Pousson has worked for the law firm of Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson since 1971. In 2018, she reported that her vision was becoming increasingly impaired from the strain of working at a computer screen. In January 2019, P...