BUXTON v. IOWA POLICE DEPT.

No. 2009-C-0520.

23 So.3d 275 (2009)

Marvin W. BUXTON v. IOWA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Christopher R. Philipp, Christopher Richard Philipp, Lafayette, for Applicant.

J. Bryan Jones, III, LLC, Jennings Bryan Jones, III, Cameron, for Respondent.

Prior report: La.App., 3 So.3d 641.


WEIMER, Justice.1

We granted certiorari in this matter primarily to examine whether an employer is liable for medical treatment when an employee's on-the-job injury is aggravated in a severe automobile accident that occurred off the job two years later. In urging such liability, claimant has relied on this court's holding in Kelly v. City of New Orleans, 414 So.2d 770 (La.1982) and LSA-R.S. 23...

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