Case Name: Dr. Fayez K. SHAMIEH (Rudolph Jackson) v. LIQUID TRANSPORT CORP., et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2008-01-30
Citations: 975 So. 2d 165
Docket Number: No. 07-1159
Parties: Dr. Fayez K. SHAMIEH (Rudolph Jackson) v. LIQUID TRANSPORT CORP., et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 975
Pages: 165–166

Head Matter:
Dr. Fayez K. SHAMIEH (Rudolph Jackson) v. LIQUID TRANSPORT CORP., et al.
No. 07-1159.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
Jan. 30, 2008.
Rehearing Denied March 12, 2008.
Thomas Allen Filo, Cox, Cox, & Filo, Lake Charles, LA, for Secondary Plaintiff/Appellant, Dr. Fayez K. Shamieh.
Henry Clay Ward III, Attorney at Law, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Liquid Transport Corp. and Great West Casualty Company.
Perry R. Staub Jr., Mark VanHorn, Larry E. Demmons, Taggart, Morton, Ogden, Staub & O’Brien, L.L.C., for Interve-nor, CCN Managed Care, Inc.
Judy Y. Barrasso, Stephen L. Miles, Edward R. Wicker Jr., Barrasso, Usdin, Kup-perman, New Orleans, LA, for Other-Ami-cus for CCN: Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Helmsman Management Services Co., Employers Insurance of Wausau.

Opinion:
Court composed of GLENN B. GREMILLION, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.
PICKETT, Judge.
Both appeals before this court, 07-1159 and 07-1282, come from the same proceedings, 05-4552, in the Office of Workers' Compensation (OWC). In appeal 07-1159, the defendants, Liquid Transport Corporation and Great West Casualty Company, appeal a judgment from the OWC ordering the defendants to pay the plaintiff, Dr. Fayez Shamieh, $122.50 in under-payment on a medical bill for the plaintiffs treatment of Rudolph Jackson, a workers' compensation claimant. The OWC also awarded Dr. Shamieh $4,000.00 in penalties ($2,000.00 for under-payment and $2,000.00 for late payment) and $8,950.00 in attorney's fees. The plaintiff, Dr. Shamieh, also appeals seeking additional attorney's for the work necessitated by this appeal. In appeal 07-1282, Community Care Network, Inc. (CCN), appeals a judgement of the WCJ denying its petition to intervene. For the reasons assigned in appeal number 07-1282, we reverse the judgment of the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) rendered June 6, 2007 denying CCN's motion to intervene, nullify the judgment signed July 25, 2007 (in appeal 07-1159), and remand the ease for additional proceedings consistent with this opinion. We defer consideration of the plaintiffs request for additional attorney's fees.
ANNULLED AND SET ASIDE; REMANDED.