Mitchell v. Orleans Parish School Board

WARD, Judge.

The sole issue of this appeal is whether the Trial Court erred in finding that Bertha Mitchell was not entitled to worker’s compensation benefits for a knee injury. The Trial Court found that Ms. Mitchell did not prove that her knee injury was caused by a work-related accident.

On June 21, 1978 Bertha Mitchell, a custodial employee of the Orleans Parish School Board, was injured during work when she fell while picking up a mop on a wet floor. Mitchell filed suit in December of 1978 for worker’s compensation benefits, stating in her petition that the fall caused injury to her neck…