Stutes v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co.

GUIDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Thomas J. States, appeals a judgment dismissing his petition for worker’s compensation benefits. We affirm.

Two issues are presented for determinátion on appeal: (1) Did an “accident” occur on September 18, 1985? (2) If so, did the trial judge err in failing to find a reasonable possibility of causal connexity between the accident and plaintiff’s alleged disabling condition sufficient to establish a presumption of causation?

The trial judge succinctly set forth the salient facts in his reasons for judgment as follows:

“Plaintiff was employed as an oilfield roughneck for…