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RICHARDSON v. LIL' RIVER HARVESTING

No. WCA 09-1090.

33 So.3d 418 (2010)

Douglas RICHARDSON v. LIL' RIVER HARVESTING.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Fowler Van Hoof, VanHoof & Associates, LeCompte, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Lil' River Harvesting.

Russell Louis Sylvester, Brittain and Sylvester, Natchitoches, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Douglas Richardson.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.

EZELL, Judge.

In this matter, Lil' River Harvesting appeals the decision of the workers' compensation judge finding that Douglas Richardson required back surgery. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the workers' compensation judge.

On November 16, 2006, Mr. Richardson was struck by a falling tree while in the course and scope of his job duties with Lil' River. He developed severe back pain, eventually going to see Dr. Marcos Ramos, who felt...

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