JOHNSON v. GREAT WEST CAS. CO.

No. 15-981.

186 So.3d 1276 (2016)

Allen JOHNSON v. GREAT WEST CASUALTY COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Miller Zimmerman , Attorney at Law, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Allen Johnson.

J. Thaddeus Westholz , Thompson, Gibbons & Westholz, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, Groendyke Transport, Inc., Great West Casualty Company.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and DAVID KENT SAVOIE, Judges.


This is a workers' compensation case wherein an employee was allegedly injured by an unwitnessed accident on the job, but failed to report the accident until four months later. Further, the employee had preexisting hip and back pain.

The workers' compensation judge (WCJ) found...

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