Fowler v. St. Charles Hospital

GOTHARD, Judge.

Defendants, St. Charles Hospital and Hospital Services of Loúisiana, Inc., appeal a trial court judgment in favor of plaintiff, Billie J. Fowler, ordering defendants to reinstate temporary total disability payments and to pay plaintiff past-due disability payments. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

On March 20, 1987, while employed as a licensed practical nurse (LPN) for St. i Charles Hospital, plaintiff, Billie J. Fowler, was kicked in the face by a patient, who was restrained on a bed, but whose legs were free. Mrs. Fowler suffered facial contusions, a laceration, and…