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Opinions in Louisiana that cite Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 721 So. 2d 885.
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Hofler v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
57 So. 3d 1128
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2011
The phrase “reasonably controvert” means that the employer or insurer must have “some valid reason or evidence on which to base his denial of benefits.” Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 1998-1063 (La.12/01/98), ; City of Bossier City v. Colvin, 45,278 (La.App.2d Cir.05/19/10), .
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Bell v. Mid City Printers, Inc.
54 So. 3d 1226
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
In Brown v. Tex-LA Cartage Inc., 98-1063, p. 9 (La.12/1/98), , the Louisiana Supreme Court explained: In general, one can surmise from the plain meaning of the words making up the phrase “reasonably controvert” that in order to reasonably controvert a claim, the defendant must have some valid reason or evidence upon which to base his denial of benefits.
- Tim Weaver v. Southern Erectors, Inc. of Florida La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
- Juanita Quinn v. Vidalia Apparel La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
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Weaver v. Southern Erectors, Inc. of Florida
53 So. 3d 547
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
*555 A claim for benefits has been reasonably controverted when the employer “engaged in a nonfrivolous legal dispute or possessed factual and/or medical information to reasonably counter the factual and medical information presented by the claimant throughout the time he refused to pay all or part of the benefits allegedly owed.” Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 9 (La.12/1/98), .
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Quinn v. Vidalia Apparel
54 So. 3d 123
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
The supreme court discussed the difference between an arbitrary and capricious standard and a reasonably controverted standard in Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), .
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Iberia Medical Center v. Ward
53 So. 3d 421
La. 2010
“Arbitrary and capricious behavior consists of willful and unreasoning action, without consideration and regard for facts and circumstances presented, or of seemingly unfounded motivation.” Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 1998-1063, p. 8-9 (La.12/1/98), .
- Barbara Carradine v. Regis Corporation La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
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Carradine v. Regis Corp.
52 So. 3d 181
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
A claim for benefits has been reasonably controverted when the employer “engaged in a nonfrivo-lous legal dispute or possessed factual and/or medical information to reasonably counter the factual and medical information presented by the claimant throughout the time he refused to pay all or part of the benefits allegedly owed.” Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 9 (La.12/1/98), .
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Rastegar v. Magnolia School, Inc.
51 So. 3d 47
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), .
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Manuel Lumpkin v. A.B.E.L. Trucking of Louisiana, LLC
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
See Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, pp. 8-9 (La.12/1/98)
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Lumpkin v. A.B.E.L. Trucking of Louisiana LLC.
40 So. 3d 422
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
See Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, pp. 8-9 (La.12/1/98), .
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City of Bossier City v. Colvin
36 So. 3d 1207
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2010
The phrase “reasonably controvert” means that the employer or insurer must have “some valid reason or evidence on which to base his denial of benefits.” Brown v. Tex-LA Cartage Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), ; J.P.
- Shawn Gradney v. Louisiana Commercial Laundry La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
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Gradney v. LOUISIANA COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY
38 So. 3d 1115
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
23:1201(F); Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), .
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Billy Jo Massingill v. Dunham Price Group, L.L.C.
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
Brown v. Texas-La Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, (La.12/1/98)
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Ragle Celestine v. Firestone Polymers, LLC
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
12/1/98), the supreme court further defined the meaning of “reasonably controverted:” The phrase “reasonably controverted,” on the other hand, mandates a different standard.
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Massingill v. Dunham Price Group, L.L.C.
38 So. 3d 498
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, (La.12/1/98), .
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Celestine v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C.
38 So. 3d 527
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
*538 In Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 9 (La.12/1/98), , the supreme court further defined the meaning of “reasonably controverted:” The phrase “reasonably controverted,” on the other hand, mandates a different standard.
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Dugan v. St. Francis Medical Center
34 So. 3d 1157
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2010
The phrase “reasonably controvert” means that the defendant must have “some valid reason or evidence on which to base his denial of benefits.” Brown v. Tex-LA *1164 Cartage Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), ; J.P.
- Barbara Leger v. Calcasieu Parish School Board La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
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Leger v. Calcasieu Parish School Board
34 So. 3d 1042
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
It reads: “This subsection shall not apply if the claim is reasonably controverted or if such nonpayment results from conditions over which the employer or insurer had no control.” We note that our supreme court has discussed the meaning of “reasonably controverted” in Brown v. Texas-La Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 9 (La.12/1/98), .
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Goldsby v. PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP.
33 So. 3d 969
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2010
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 1998-1063 (La.12/01/98), .
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Branch v. New Orleans Saints
31 So. 3d 627
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 8 (La.12/1/98), .
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Delatte v. PALA GROUP, LLC
35 So. 3d 291
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), .
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Larry Burns v. Interstate Brands Corporation
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2010
Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), Thibodeaux v. L.S.
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Burns v. Interstate Brands Corp.
30 So. 3d 271
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2010
Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), ; Thibodeaux v. L.S.
- Kenneth Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, LLC La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2009
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Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, LLC
30 So. 3d 177
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
An employer could reasonably controvert a claim if the employer “engaged in a nonfrivolous legal dispute or possessed factual and/or medical information to reasonably counter the factual and medical information presented by the claimant throughout the time he refused to pay all or part of the benefits allegedly owed.” Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 9 (La.12/1/98), .
- Roshawn Pete v. Quality Construction Specialists La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2009
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Pete v. Quality Construction Specialists & Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Co.
25 So. 3d 241
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
An employer could reasonably controvert a claim if the employer “engaged in a nonfrivolous legal dispute or possessed factual and/or medical information to reasonably counter the factual and medical information presented by the claimant....” Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 9 (La.12/1/98), .
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James v. a & B BUILDERS
29 So. 3d 541
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), .
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Perrilloux v. First Guaranty Bank
29 So. 3d 511
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
Brown v. Texas-LA Callage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 9 (La.12/1/98), .
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Sharp v. St. Tammany Marine & Powersports
23 So. 3d 347
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
See Brown, v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), , 889 and 891 n. 5.
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J.P. Morgan Chase v. Louis
12 So. 3d 440
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2009
The phrase “reasonably controvert” means that the defendant must have “some valid reason or evidence on which to base his denial of benefits.” Brown v. *448 Tex-LA Cartage Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), ; Williams v. Mark Johnson Plumbing, 38,954 (La.App.
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Thomas v. Hollywood Casino
13 So. 3d 717
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2009
The phrase “reasonably controvert” means that the defendant must have “some valid reason or evidence on which to base his denial of benefits.” Brown v. Tex-LA Cartage Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), ; Williams v. Mark Johnson Plumbing, 38,954 (La.App.
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Sevin v. Chevrolet
24 So. 3d 879
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), .
- Ledford v. New Orleans Saints 10 So. 3d 866 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
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Reed v. St. Francis Medical Center
8 So. 3d 824
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2009
To “reasonably controvert” a claim means the employer or insurer had “some valid reason or evidence upon which to *830 base [the] denial of benefits.” Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), ; Lemons v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 42,950 (La.App.
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Gregory Scott v. City of Pineville
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2009
Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), Thibodeaux v. L.S.
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Scott v. City of Pineville
8 So. 3d 813
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), ; Thibodeaux v. L.S.
- Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. v. Jamie Darbonne La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2009
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Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. v. Darbonne
6 So. 3d 855
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2009
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/1/98), .
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Johnson v. Bossier Parish School Board
3 So. 3d 580
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2009
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/01/98), (citations omitted).
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Sisk v. a P Supply Co.
2 So. 3d 1201
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2009
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 1998-1063 (La.12/01/98), .
- Zavala v. St. Joe Brick Works 999 So. 2d 13 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2008
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Borel v. Young
989 So. 2d 42
La. 2008
State v. Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Com'n, 94-1872, 94-1914, p. 17, n. 10 (La.5/22/95), n. 10 ; SWAT 24 Shreveport Bossier, Inc. v. Bond, 00-1695, p. 17 (La.6/29/01), ; Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 7 (La.12/1/98), ; Louisiana Civil Service League v. Forbes, 258 La.
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Landry v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INS.
983 So. 2d 66
La. 2008
See also Brown v. Texas-La Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, p. 7 (La.12/1/98), ("Where a new statute is worded differently from the preceding statute, the legislature is presumed to have intended to change the law."); , 258 La.
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Montanez v. BAYOU INSULATION & GARAGE DOORS
991 So. 2d 497
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2008
In support of this point, Bayou Insulators cites Brown v. Texas-La Cartage, Inc., 98-1063, pp. 9-10 (La.12/1/98), .
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Brien v. Leon Angel Constructors, Inc.
978 So. 2d 576
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2008
Brown v. Texas-LA Cartage Inc., 98-1063 (La.12/01/98), (citations omitted).