THOMAS v. ST. PATRICK'S HOSPITAL

No. 4149.

276 So.2d 749 (1973)

Joyce THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. PATRICK'S HOSPITAL and Argonaut Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cox, Cox & Grand by Thomas L. Grand, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stockwell, St. Dizier, Sievert & Viccellio by Robert W. Clements, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGE, HOOD, and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Joyce Thomas, appeals the judgment denying her claim for workmen's compensation benefits. The trial court held that plaintiff failed to prove her disability was causally related to the work-connected accident. We affirm.

On February 22, 1971, plaintiff, a nurse's aid, sustained an accident during the course and scope of her employment when she was kicked in the head by a disputatious patient. The blow initially stunned plaintiff, but...

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