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- Title: Wise V. J. E. Merit Constructors Inc.
- Author : Louisiana Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 21, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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This application concerns whether the hearing officer erred in ordering the claimant's worker's compensation benefits forfeited because he had failed to answer truthfully the employer's second injury fund questionnaire concerning a prior injury. We granted writs to consider that issue and to resolve a conflict among the circuits regarding the statutory interpretation of what constitutes a direct relationship between claimant's answer and the subsequent injury that is the subject of the claim. After carefully reviewing the record and the applicable law, we conclude that under the circumstances of this case, the lower courts' forfeiture of claimant's worker's compensation benefits was in error.