LACHNEY v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. 96-724.

689 So.2d 691 (1997)

Barbara LACHNEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON/ORTHO BIOTECH, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied May 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Anthony Pucheu, Marksville, Chris J. Roy, Jr., Alexandria, for Barbara Lachney.

Susan Nunez Belsom, Monroe, for Johnson & Johnson/Ortho Biotech.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS, DECUIR and BABINEAUX, JJ.


DECUIR, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of an Office of Workers' Compensation Hearing Officer granting claimant, Barbara Lachney, workers' compensation benefits for a period during which she received employer-funded short-term disability benefits from her employer, Johnson & Johnson/Ortho Biotech. We reverse.

FACTS

This suit arose as a result of an automobile accident. On April 20, 1995, Lachney, a drug sales representative for Johnson...

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