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JACKSON v. ST. HELENA SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 2001 CA 2792.

835 So.2d 842 (2002)

Bobby JACKSON, Sr. v. ST. HELENA PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT and Ronald Ficklin, Sheriff St. Helena Parish.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Smith, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff—Appellant Bobby Jackson, Sr.

Freeman R. Matthews, Craig E. Frosch, New Orleans, for Defendant—Appellee St. Helena Parish Sheriff Ronald Ficklin.

Before: FOIL, FOGG, and KLINE, JJ.

FOGG, J.

The salient issue raised on appeal in this action for workers' compensation benefits is whether a jailer is precluded from receiving such benefits pursuant to LSA-R.S. 23:1034. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Bobby Jackson, Sr., was employed as a jailer by the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Department when he was injured during a training exercise. On January 10, 2001, Jackson filed a disputed claim for compensation with the Louisiana Office of...

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