Legal Opinion

Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 19, 2011No. 2010-C-0245PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUIDRY, Justice.*

|, The central issue in this workers’ compensation case involving an “unwitnessed accident” is whether the Office of Workers’ Compensation hearing officer was manifestly erroneous or clearly wrong in finding the plaintiff had sustained a work-related injury. The appellate court found no such error and affirmed the hearing officer’s factual determination that the plaintiff had suffered a disabling injury from a work-related accident. We granted the employer’s writ application to review the correctness of the appellate court’s judgment and its application of Bruno v. Harbert…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Rosell v. EscoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  2. Stobart v. State Through DOTDSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  3. Arceneaux v. DomingueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. Mart v. HillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  5. Sistler v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1990

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3Cited by78 opinions

  1. Marange v. Custom Metal Fabricators, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2012
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  3. Marti v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
  4. Dugas v. AutoZone, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  5. Shailow v. Gulf Coast Social ServicesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015

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