CAJUN BAG AND SUPPLY v. BAPTISTE

No. 94-1218.

651 So.2d 943 (1995)

CAJUN BAG AND SUPPLY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O'Neal BAPTISTE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O'Neil Privat, Crowley, for Cajun Bag & Supply.

David Russell Bankston, Lafayette, for O'Neal Baptiste.

Before PETERS, AMY and SULLIVAN, JJ.


AMY, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether Cajun Bag and Supply (hereafter Cajun Bag) owes worker's compensation benefits to O'Neal Baptiste, who injured himself on the job while engaged in horseplay.

FACTS

On June 15, 1993, Mr. Baptiste was employed as a loom operator with Cajun Bag, a bag manufacturer. Mr. Baptiste's work involved tending a loom machine, a device which weaves strapping for the sacks. Operation of the machine involves placing...

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