Davis v. Tri-Parish Rehabilitation

GREMILLION, Judge.

liThe defendant, Tri-Parish Rehabilitation, appeals the judgment of the workers compensation judge (WCJ) in favor of the plaintiff-employee, Carolyn Davis. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Davis, a certified nursing assistant, injured her back while transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair in June 2003. She filed a disputed claim for compensation with the Office of Worker’s Compensation (OWC) on December 8, 2010, claiming that the employer failed to authorize a shower chair, a memory foam mattress, and an MRI of her left knee.…