Briscoe v. Jerry's Furniture

DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment reinstating the plaintiffs workers’ compensation benefits.

In late June 1991, the plaintiff, Mark Bris-coe, began work as a delivery man for Jerry’s Furniture Mart (Jerry’s) in Eunice, Louisiana. On September 9, 1991, Briscoe and a co-worker, L.B. Guillory, were delivering furniture in Mamou, La. Each was holding one end of a desk with Briscoe walking backwards, when Briscoe stepped off the edge of the sidewalk. He did not fall or drop the desk. He told Guillory he thought he had pulled a muscle. They completed the furniture delivery and returned…