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CUSTIS v. WHITAKER CONST.

No. 95-1110.

670 So.2d 339 (1996)

E.V. CUSTIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WHITAKER CONSTRUCTION, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied April 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Stuart Wright, Natchitoches, for E.V. Custis.

Donald J. Anzelmo, Susan Nunez Belsom, St. Monroe, for Whitaker Const.

Before THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SAUNDERS, Judge.

Defendant appeals the hearing officer's determination that its employee's stroke constituted a compensable workplace accident. We affirm.

LAW

The question is whether the hearing officer correctly concluded that claimant met the burden of proof required of stroke claimants seeking workers' compensation benefits as specified in La.R.S. 23:1021(7)(e). As the Louisiana Supreme Court has observed:

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