Louisiana Court of Appeal December 31, 2002, No. 2002 CA 0195, 2002 CA 0196 (Suarez v. Anderson Industrial Scaffolding)

_]¿FOGG, J.

In this workers’ compensation case, the salient issue raised on appeal is whether the claimant forfeited his benefits pursuant to LSA-R.S. 23:1208.1 due to his untruthful denial on his application for employment of the existence of a known medical condition. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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