Louisiana: Approved Settlement Agreement Can Be Modified to Address SSA Language Requirements
Where an injured worker and his employer/carrier entered into settlement agreement, subsequently approved by a WCJ, calling for payment of $148,574.00 ($8,574.00 of which was to be placed in a Medicare Set-Aside Account) to the worker, and the worker subsequently filed a motion to amend the order of approval on the basis that due to his counsel's inadvertence, the WCJ's order did not include language that expressed...