Legal Opinion
Littleton v. Richardson Medical Center
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 4, 2007No. 42,082-WCAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGaskins, J.
h The claimant, Dana Littleton, appeals from a judgment dismissing her workers’ compensation claim against her employer, Richardson Medical Center. We affirm.
FACTS
The claimant was employed as a registered nurse at Richardson Medical Center (RMC) in Rayville, Louisiana. According to the form initiating her claim with the Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWC), the claimant was at work on April 11, 2004, when she struck her buttock/hip on a handrail in the hospital. She alleged that this incident caused her to suffer from reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD), a painful chronic…
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