LEE v. ALTON OCHSNER MEDICAL FOUNDATION

No. 01-CA-650.

798 So.2d 1225 (2001)

Johnnie K. LEE v. ALTON OCHSNER MEDICAL FOUNDATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Faucheux, Jr., LaPlace, LA, Counsel for Johnnie K. Lee, Plaintiff-Appellant.

Perry J. Staub, Jr., Taggart, Morton, Ogden, Staub, Rougelot & O'Brien, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

In this workers' compensation suit, the presiding judge found that the employee violated the provisions of La. R.S. 23:1208 and, as a result, forfeited his right to workers' compensation benefits. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

On December 6, 1991, Johnnie K. Lee ("Lee") suffered a lumbar strain to his back while working in the course and scope of his employment as a nursing assistant for Alton Ochsner Medical...

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