TRANCHANT v. EMS, INC.

No. 00-CA-1160.

777 So.2d 516 (2000)

Rianna TRANCHANT v. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SERVICE, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rianna Tranchant, Metairie, LA, Plaintiff/Appellant.

John C. Turnage, Mayer, Smith & Roberts, L.L.P., Shreveport, LA, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee Environmental Monitoring Service, Inc.

Panel composed of Judges DUFRESNE, CANNELLA and CHEHARDY.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Plaintiff, Rianna Tranchant, appeals a judgment in a workers' compensation case filed against Defendant, Environmental Monitoring Service (EMS). We affirm.

Plaintiff was employed by EMS as a fugitive emissions worker on April 2, 1999 when she was exposed to a Benzene leak at the Shell Oil Company (Shell) plant in Norco. She claimed physical symptoms from the exposure, including vomiting and nausea, and that she developed post-traumatic stress...

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