Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Target Corp. of Minnesota
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 14, 2007No. 06-1067PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOKS, Judge.
1 .STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The Plaintiff, Heather Hoffman, was employed by Target Corporation of Minnesota (Target) in the bakery/deli department. Throughout the day, she was required to retrieve items from the back freezer to be used in her department. On April 4, 2003, while carrying a box of bagels, she slipped and fell on ice present on the freezer floor. She filed a tort action against her employer based on the intentional act exception to the workers’ compensation statute found in La.R.S. 23:1032(B). The trial court granted a summary judgment in favor of Target finding Ms.…
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