REED v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, LLC.

No. 10-866.

55 So.3d 992 (2011)

Rebecca REED v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, LLC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Douglas Hunter , Attorney at Law, Opelousas, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Rebecca Reed.

Jeffrey Warrens , Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, LCS Corrections Services, LLC.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, MARC T. AMY, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


PAINTER, Judge.

The Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) found that the decedent, Solomon Reed, did not fall within the manual labor exception to the independent contractor rule found in La.R.S. 23:1021(7). Thus, Plaintiff, Rebecca Reed, appeals the judgment of the WCJ granting the motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant, LCS Corrections Services, LLC (LCS), on this issue and denying her cross motion on the same issue. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.<...

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