Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 17 > Chapter 9 > Part V - Professional Development and Salaries of Unclassified Employees

• Accident: means an unexpected or unforeseen actual, identifiable, precipitous event happening suddenly or violently, with or without human fault, and directly producing at the time objective findings of an injury which is more than simply a gradual deterioration or progressive degeneration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1021
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Commission: means the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Office: means the office of workers' compensation administration established pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1021
• Secretary: means the secretary of the commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Wages: means average weekly wage at the time of the accident. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1021