Panel Reverses Judgment On LIGA, Employer’s Liability For Recommended Surgery

(December 11, 2019, 1:42 PM EST) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — In a workers’ compensation dispute, a Louisiana appeals panel on Dec. 9 reversed a judgment holding that an employer and the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA), substituting for an insolvent insurer, are not responsible for medical expenses associated with a recommended surgery (Ronny Crowder v. Statewide Transport, Inc., et al., No. 2018 CA 1781, La. App., 1st Cir., 2019 La. App. LEXIS 2237)....

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