PAPPAS v. MARINE SPILL RESPONSE CORP.

No. 94-879.

650 So.2d 441 (1995)

John PAPPAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARINE SPILL RESPONSE CORPORATION (MSRC) and Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied May 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Thomas Jacques Jr., Lake Charles, for John Pappas.

David Keith Johnson, Baton Rouge, for Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC).

Before KNOLL, SAUNDERS and AMY, JJ.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

In this workers' compensation proceeding, the question is whether the employer should be required to pay its employee's medical expenses occasioned by a wholly unprovoked and sudden assault on an employee it assigned to attend a convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. The hearing officer concluded that the employer is responsible for those medical expenses. We affirm.

FACTS

The facts are not in dispute. Claimant John Pappas...

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