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GIBSON v. LAKE CHARLES ICE PIRATES

No. 00 1608-WCA.

788 So.2d 720 (2001)

Wade R. GIBSON v. LAKE CHARLES ICE PIRATES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Hackett, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee Wade R. Gibson.

Edward F. Stauss, III, Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants Lake Charles Ice Pirates, Virginia Surety Company.

Court composed of HENRY L. YELVERTON, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.

PETERS, Judge.

Wade Gibson, a professional hockey player, was involved in an accident in the course and scope of his employment with the Lake Charles Ice Pirates (Ice Pirates) on January 20, 1998, when he attempted to block a shot in an ice hockey game and was struck with a hockey puck in the area of his left eye. He sustained orbital fractures, facial fractures, cuts, scarring, loss of central vision, and a significant reduction in depth perception. Gibson underwent...

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