Ellis v. Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation

JjDUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Doris N. Ellis from an adverse determination of her workman’s compensation claim against Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation (AOMF), her former employer, for continuing benefits. Because we find no manifest error in the factual findings of the hearing officer, we must affirm her decision denying further benefits.

The procedural facts are not seriously disputed. On November 7, 1984, claimant suffered a job related injury to her neck in a hospital elevator when it dropped suddenly and stopped abruptly some 18 inches below the floor level. She was treated…