Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 16 - Group Insurance

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Document: means any written or otherwise tangible material intended to be or actually used as a part of or any evidence of the work history of any school employee including but not limited to any and all reports, comments, reprimands, correspondence, memoranda, evaluations, observations, and grievances relative to a particular school employee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1233
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Health care provider: means a hospital, a person, corporation, facility, or institution licensed by the state to provide health care or professional services as a physician, hospital, dentist, registered or licensed practical nurse, pharmacist, optometrist, podiatrist, chiropractor, physical therapist, occupational therapist, psychologist, graduate social worker or licensed clinical social worker, psychiatrist, or licensed professional counselor, and any officer, employee, or agent thereby acting in the course and scope of his employment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1021
• Payor: means the entity responsible, whether by law or contract, for the payment of benefits incurred by a claimant as a result of a work related injury. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1021
• Personnel file: means the file or files which contain the cumulative collection of any and all documents maintained by the school system with respect to each individual school employee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1233
• Personnel file custodian: means those persons employed by the school system charged with the duty of maintaining and preserving the personnel files. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1233
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• School system: means a parish or city school system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1233
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• 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