Jackson v. St. John the Baptist Parish School Board

HANS J. LILJEBERG, Judge.

| ^Defendant appeals the trial court’s judgment awarding $9,105.71 to plaintiff for sick leave benefits, pursuant to La. R.S. 17:1206.1(A)(1). For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff, Marie Jackson, was employed by defendant, St. John the Baptist Parish School Board (“School Board”), for approximately 37 years. On July 19, 2011, Ms. Jackson was working as a bookkeeper at Garyville/Mount Airy Math and Science Magnet School, when she was struck by a student on the school campus.1 Ms. Jackson asserts that the student punched her *756in her…