REEVES v. STRUCTURAL PRESERVATION SYSTEMS

No. 98-C-1795.

731 So.2d 208 (1999)

Joshua Douglas REEVES v. STRUCTURAL PRESERVATION SYSTEMS, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gracella G. Simmons, Collin J. LeBlanc, Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

Robert W. Thomas, William T. Fontenot, Thomas & Hardy, Lake Charles, for Respondent.


VICTORY, J.*

We granted this writ to determine whether an employer committed an intentional act under the intentional act exception to the Workers' Compensation Act (the "Act") by directing an employee to move a sandblasting pot manually, a procedure which was prohibited by OSHA and which the employee's supervisor feared would eventually lead to injury. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we reverse the judgment of the court...

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