620 So. 2d 942 - Carter v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 588 So. 2d 350 - Nelson v. Roadway Exp., Inc. · Brooks v. Orleans Parish School Bd. · Pitcher v. Hydro-Kem Services, Inc. · 610 So. 2d 953 - Dyson v. State Emp. Group Ben. Program · 614 So. 2d 358 - Rice v. AT & T
Most-quoted passages
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“A. An injured employee shall submit himself to an examination by a duly qualified medical practitioner provided and paid for by the employer, as soon after the accident as demanded, and from time to time thereafter as often as may be reasonably necessary and at reasonable hours and places, during the pendency of his claim for compensation or during the receipt by him of payments under this Chapter. The employer or his worker’s compensation carrier shall not require the employee to he examined by more than one duly qualified medical practitioner in any one field or specialty unless prior consent has been obtained from the employee. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“when his knee popped while he was in a bent position, nailing shingles on a roof. Moreover, Carter quotes the holding in Dyson that the amendment to La.R.S. 23:1021(1) was not meant to exclude employees who are worn down by their work. In the case sub judice, Ms. Guilbeaux, like the plaintiffs in Rice, Dyson, and Carter, supra, suffered an injury during her routine work. She can identify the event marking the time the injury occurred, and there were objective findings. Ms. Guilbeaux's undisputed testimony was that on April 20, 1992, while working, she felt a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) "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.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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