Case Name: William FALLEN v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2002-02-06
Citations: 812 So. 2d 692
Docket Number: No. 2001-CA-0544
Parties: William FALLEN v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Judges: Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III and Judge DAVID S. GORBATY.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 812
Pages: 692–695

Head Matter:
William FALLEN v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
No. 2001-CA-0544.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
Feb. 6, 2002.
Rehearing Denied March 15, 2002.
Writ Denied May 3, 2002.
Dwight W. Norton, Bernard V. Davis, Metairie, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellant.
Herbert A. Cade, Christopher Gobert, Melvin N. Cade, Cade, Collins & Gobert, New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee.
Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III and Judge DAVID S. GORBATY.

Opinion:
| JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge.
In this case, which has been before this Court on two previous occasions , the plaintiff, William Fallen, contends that the Office of Worker's Compensation hearing officer erred in not assessing additional penalties against the New Orleans Police Department as provided for by LSA-R.S. 23:1201(G). We will not address the underlying facts of this appeal, as the issue currently before this Court is purely legal.
On January 15, 2000, our opinion in Fallen v. City of New Orleans, which affirmed the award of additional penalties and attorney's fees under LSA-R.S. 23:1201(G), became final. On February 15, 2000, the thirty-day deadline for payment called for by LSA-R.S. 23:1201(G) passed. On March 28, 2000, the defendant paid the judgment and penalties assessed against it. On April 10, 2000, the plaintiff filed another LSA-R.S. 23:1201(G) rule for additional penalties and attorney's fees. On June 5, 2000, after a hearing on this rule, additional penalties 12and attorney's fees were denied. It is from this judgment that the plaintiff now appeals.
In pertinent part LSA-R.S. 23:1201(G) provides as follows:
If any award payable under the terms of a final, nonappealable judgment is not paid within thirty days after it becomes due, there shall be added to such award an amount equal to twenty-four percent thereof or one hundred dollars per day together with reasonable attorney fees, for each calendar day after thirty days it remains unpaid, whichever is greater, which shall be paid at the same time as, and in addition to, such award, unless such nonpayment results from conditions over which the employer had no control....
LSA-R.S. 23:1201(G) clearly states that any additional penalties and additional attorney's fees "shall be paid at the same time as . such award.... " In the instant case, the award and the initial LSA-23:1201(G) penalties and attorney's fees were paid on March 28, 2000. Although these amounts were paid late, the plaintiff did not file his LSA-R.S. 23:1201(G) rule that is the subject of this appeal until after the amounts were paid. There is nothing in the statute that provides for an award of additional penalties and additional attorney's fees after a judgment has been satisfied. Accordingly, we find that the hearing officer was neither arbitrary nor capricious in declining to award additional penalties.
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the Office of Worker's Compensation is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
GORBATY, J., dissents.
. Fallen v. New Orleans Police Department, 97-0022 (La.App. 4 Cir. 7/23/97), 697 So.2d 1077 and Fallen v. City of New Orleans, 99-0656 (La.App. 4 Cir. 12/15/99), 753 So.2d 910.