Sparks v. Insurance Co. of North America
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
11 STEWART, J.
Catherine Sparks (“Sparks”) appeals the judgment of the trial court declining to increase an award of workers’ compensation benefits and attorney fees or grant vocational rehabilitation benefits. For the reasons herein, we affirm.
*331FACTS
Sparks began working for Engineering Products (“Engineering”) on November 10, 1986, as a machine operator. The job involved trimming parts and putting them into a box, then moving the box once it became full. On December 5, 1988, Sparks was struck on the head, shoulder, back, and neck by a heavy metal hopper which fell from a machine in her work…
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