Harris v. West Jefferson Hospital

J. BRUCE NACCARI, Judge Pro Tern.

In this worker’s compensation case, the defendant-employer and its insurer appeal from a judgment awarding the plaintiff-employee total and permanent disability benefits for a work-related ankle injury pursuant to LSA-R.S. 23:1221(2), as enacted in 1975 and prior to the legislative amendments of 1983 and 1985. We affirm.

The plaintiff was employed by West Jefferson General Hospital as a cook when, on February 22, 1983, while in the course and scope of her employment, she slipped and sustained a fracture dislocation of the left ankle. Dr. Raymond Horn, an…