DOUGLAS v. ISLE OF CAPRI

No. 40,651-WCW.

923 So.2d 950 (2006)

Michael DOUGLAS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ISLE OF CAPRI, Defendant-Applicant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lunn, Irion, Salley, Carlisle & Gardner by Richard King, Jr., J. Martin Lattier, for Applicant.

Mary Lou Salley, Shreveport, for Respondent.

Before BROWN, MOORE, and LOLLEY, JJ.


BROWN, C.J.

In this case, an employee filed a claim for workers' compensation alleging an occupational disease. The claimant asked that the employer pay for an initial evaluation by a physician and diagnostic tests. The claimant presented no evidence to support the existence of an occupational disease or that such a disease was job-related. The employer refused to pay, asserting that the claimant must first substantiate that he has such a disease and that it was job...

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