JOSEPH v. JEFFERSON PARISH FIRE DEPT.

No. 99-CA-1300.

761 So.2d 801 (2000)

Kenneth M. JOSEPH v. JEFFERSON PARISH FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ken Hawkins, LaPlace, Louisiana, Attorney for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Wade A. Langlois, John A. Leslie, Gretna, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges THOMAS F. DALEY, MARION F. EDWARDS and THOMAS C. WICKER, Jr., Pro Tempore.


DALEY, Judge.

Claimant, Kenneth M. Joseph, appeals a determination by the Office of Workers' Compensation that denied him benefits for an alleged mental injury caused by extraordinary mental stress related to his employment. Joseph, a Jefferson Parish Fire Department employee, claimed he suffered from post traumatic stress syndrome following the May 8, 1995 flood, when in the course and scope of his employment he was required...

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