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HAMMOCK v. WEYERHAEUSER

No. 40,464-WCA.

917 So.2d 733 (2005)

David HAMMOCK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WEYERHAEUSER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell by Peggy Dean St. John, Michael John O'Shee, Alexandria, for Appellant.

Street & Street by Curtis Daniel Street, Monroe, for Appellee.

Before PEATROSS, DREW and MOORE, JJ.

DREW, J.

In this workers' compensation case, claimant David Hammock suffers from a serious back injury that he attributes to a work-related accident. The claimant did not contemporaneously report the accident, which was unwitnessed, and Weyerhaeuser, the employer, refused to pay compensation benefits when the claimant reported the accident several months later. The claimant made a formal claim for compensation, and the Workers' Compensation Judge ("WCJ") found for...

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