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STERMER v. ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO.

No. 14-147.

140 So.3d 879 (2014)

Adrienne STERMER v. ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY and American River Transportation Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence N. Curtis , Lawrence N. Curtis, Ltd., (A Professional Law Corporation), Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Adrienne Stermer.

Koerner Law Firm, Louis R. Koerner, Jr. , Houma, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Adrienne Stermer.

Georges M. Legrand , Adam P. Sanderson , Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackette LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants American River Transportation Company Agrinational Insurance Company.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.

PICKETT, Judge.

A maritime employer appeals the trial court's awards of penalties and attorney fees to a seaman for the employer's failure to pay maintenance and cure for almost two and one-half years after the seaman was injured. Finding no manifest error in the trial court's determination that the employer's failure to pay maintenance and cure more promptly was arbitrary and capricious, we affirm the award of penalties in the amount of $300,000.00 and the finding...

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