Case Name: Michelle MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. and Specialty Risk Services, LLC, Defendants-Appellants
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2010-11-03
Citations: 54 So. 3d 1114
Docket Number: No. 45,699-WCA
Parties: Michelle MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee v. LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, INC. and Specialty Risk Services, LLC, Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: Before BROWN, DREW, and MOORE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 54
Pages: 1114–1114

Head Matter:
Michelle MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee v. LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, INC. and Specialty Risk Services, LLC, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 45,699-WCA.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
Nov. 3, 2010.
Taylor, Wellons, Politz & Duhe’, New Orleans, LA by Patrick F. Robinson, for Appellants.
Robert M. Hanna, for Appellee.
Before BROWN, DREW, and MOORE, JJ.

Opinion:
BROWN, Chief Judge.
Defendants, Lowe's Home Centers, Inc., and Specialty Risk Services, appeal from a judgment entered by default in favor of plaintiff, Michelle Morgan, awarding her temporary total disability benefits, penalties, and attorney fees. A Joint Motion to Vacate Trial Court Judgment and Remand for Further Proceedings was filed in this court by both plaintiff and defendants. Thereafter, no brief was filed by plaintiff/appellee.
A ruling on the motion was referred to the merits of the case. Considering, inter alia, that the medical evidence presented was insufficient under La. R.S. 23:1316.1(0 to prove plaintiffs entitlement to a default judgment, we now grant the motion and vacate the default judgment rendered in the trial court and remand for further proceedings.
Costs of this appeal are assessed one-half to plaintiff and one-half to defendants.