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La. Rev. Stat. § 23:1201.3 (2026)

Failure to pay compensation; judgment and execution; interest; revocation or suspension of insurer's license

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§1201.3. Failure to pay compensation; judgment and execution; interest; revocation or suspension of insurer's license

            A. If payment of compensation or an installment payment of compensation due under the terms of an award, except in case of appeals from an award, is not made within ten days after the same is due by the employer or insurance carrier liable therefor, the workers' compensation judge may order a certified copy of the award to be filed in the office of the clerk of court of any parish, which award whether accumulative or lump sum, when recorded in the mortgage records, shall be a judicial mortgage as provided in Civil Code Article 3299. Any compensation awarded and all payments thereof directed to be made by order of the workers' compensation judge shall bear judicial interest from the date compensation was due until the date of satisfaction. The interest rate shall be fixed at the rate in effect on the date the claim for benefits was filed with the office of workers' compensation administration.

            B. Upon the filing of the certified copy of the workers' compensation judge's award a writ of execution shall issue and process shall be executed and the cost thereof taxed, as in the case of writs of execution, on judgments of courts of record, as provided by the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.

            C. If any insurance carrier intentionally, knowingly, or willfully violates any of the provisions of the Worker's Compensation Act, the insurance commissioner, on the request of a workers' compensation judge or the assistant secretary, shall suspend or revoke the license or authority of such insurance carrier to do compensation business in this state.

            D. The provisions of this Section relating to the execution and process for the enforcement of awards shall be and are cumulative to other provisions now existing or which may hereafter be adopted relating to liens or enforcement of awards or claims for compensation.

            Acts 1988, No. 938, §2, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1997, No. 52, §1; Acts 1997, No. 88, §1, eff. June 11, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 61 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Sharbono v. Steve Lang & Son Loggers, 696 So. 2d 1382 (La. 1997).
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Sharbono v. Steve Lang & Son Loggers, 696 So. 2d 1382 (La. 1997). · cites it 10× “The last sentence of subsection (A) of R.S. 23:1201.3 reads, "Any compensation awarded and all payments thereof directed to be made by order of the hearing officer shall bear judicial interest from the date ordered paid by the hearing officer until the date of satisfaction.”
Smith v. Quarles Drilling Co., 885 So. 2d 562 (La. 2004). · cites it 7× “In a thorough discussion of LSA-R.S. 23:1201.3, the court determined the term "compensation" within the meaning of the statute does not include attorney fees and penalties.”
McLaughlin v. Hill City Oil Co./Jubilee Exxon, 702 So. 2d 786 (La. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 11× “R.S. 23:1201.3. In Crooks v. Town of Ball, 94-466 (La.”
Trahan v. Coco Cola Bottling Co. United, 894 So. 2d 1096 (La. 2005). · cites it 9× “R.S. 23:1201.3. For the reasons expressed herein, we conclude that an agreement to settle a workers' compensation claim that does not involve a lump sum payment or compromise settlement in exchange for full and final discharge and release of the employer and/or his insurer from…”
Hammons v. Abb Ce Servs., Inc., 671 So. 2d 370 (La. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 13× “LSA-R.S. 23:1201.3(A) states, in pertinent part, "Any compensation awarded and all payments thereof directed to be made by order of the hearing officer shall bear judicial interest from the date ordered paid by the hearing officer until the date of satisfaction.”
Spencer v. Gaylord Container Corp., 693 So. 2d 818 (La. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “R.S. 23:1201.3. The WCHO decision orders appellant/defendant to pay to plaintiff "penalties, interest and attorney's fees in the amount of Four Thousand Dollars in accordance with the statute.”
Christopher R. Brown, D.D.S., Inc. v. Decatur Cnty. Mem'l Hosp., 892 N.E.2d 642 (Ind. 2008). · cites it 2× “040(1) (LexisNexis 2005); La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 23:1201.3(F) (2005); Me.”
Hunter v. Maximum Grp. Behavioral Servs., Inc., 61 So. 3d 735 (La. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “R.S. 23:1201.3. Specifically, Ms. Hunter asked for $41.”
Roussell v. St. Tammany Par. Sch. Bd., 943 So. 2d 449 (La. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “" LSA-R.S. 23:1201.3(A) uses mandatory language; therefore, an award of legal interest is not discretionary with the WCJ.”
Oliveaux v. Riverside Nursing Home, 691 So. 2d 340 (La. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “Riverside also complains that the WCHO's order that interest be paid on each installment of weekly workers' compensation benefits from the date due until paid is contrary to LSA-R.S. 23:1201.3 which allows for interest from the date ordered paid by the WCHO until the date of…”
Nicholson v. Transit Mgmt. of Se. Louisiana, 781 So. 2d 661 (La. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “The worker's compensation provision involved in Sharbono was LSA-R.S. 23:1201.3, relative to damages recoverable by an employee when an employer fails to timely pay compensation under the terms of an award.”
Jeansonne v. SCHMOLKE, 40 So. 3d 347 (La. Ct. App. 2010). “R.S. 23:1201.3, provides for interest on compensation awards but does not so provide for interest on statutory penalties or attorney’s fees.”
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La. Rev. Stat. § 23:1201.3(1): 1 case
Sharbono v. Steve Lang & Loggers, 685 So. 2d 559 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
La. Rev. Stat. § 23:1201.3(A): 35 cases
Hammons v. Abb Ce Servs., Inc., 671 So. 2d 370 (La. Ct. App. 1995). “LSA-R.S. 23:1201.3(A) states, in pertinent part, "Any compensation awarded and all payments thereof directed to be made by order of the hearing officer shall bear judicial interest from the date ordered paid by the hearing officer until the date of satisfaction.”
McLaughlin v. Hill City Oil Co./Jubilee Exxon, 702 So. 2d 786 (La. Ct. App. 1997). “R.S. 23:1201.3. In Crooks v. Town of Ball, 94-466 (La.”
Smith v. Quarles Drilling Co., 885 So. 2d 562 (La. 2004). “In a thorough discussion of LSA-R.S. 23:1201.3, the court determined the term "compensation" within the meaning of the statute does not include attorney fees and penalties.”
Roussell v. St. Tammany Par. Sch. Bd., 943 So. 2d 449 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “" LSA-R.S. 23:1201.3(A) uses mandatory language; therefore, an award of legal interest is not discretionary with the WCJ.”
Hunter v. Maximum Grp. Behavioral Servs., Inc., 61 So. 3d 735 (La. Ct. App. 2011). “R.S. 23:1201.3. Specifically, Ms. Hunter asked for $41.”
La. Rev. Stat. § 23:1201.3(F): 1 case
Christopher R. Brown, D.D.S., Inc. v. Decatur Cnty. Mem'l Hosp., 892 N.E.2d 642 (Ind. 2008). “040(1) (LexisNexis 2005); La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 23:1201.3(F) (2005); Me.”
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