Morrison v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board

LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff (Appellant) appeals rejection of her claim for workmen’s compensation benefits based on a hand injury sustained during the course of Appellant’s employment as attendant or aide to a classroom teacher of retarded children, by defendant School Board (Appellee). The trial court dismissed Appellant’s action upon finding that Appellee paid Appellant compensation for the duration of Appellant’s disability. We affirm.

It is conceded that Appellant sustained a fracture of the second metatarsal bone of her right hand in a fall which occurred on September 17, 1971, during the…