BAKER v. DOLLAR TREE STORES

No. 44,388-WCA.

15 So.3d 354 (2009)

Sammie Jo BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Street & Street, by C. Daniel Street, Monroe, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Juge, Napolitano, Guilbeau, Ruli, Frieman & Whiteley, by Keith E. Pittman, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and GASKINS, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

The plaintiff, Sammie Jo Baker, appeals a ruling of a workers' compensation judge (WCJ) finding that she willfully made false representations regarding a claim for workers' compensation benefits and that, as a result, under La. R.S. 23:1208, she forfeited all right to those benefits. The defendant, Dollar Tree Stores (Dollar Tree), has answered the appeal, arguing that the WCJ erred in finding that the plaintiff had an accident in the course and scope...

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