Baker v. Phillips Van Heusen Corp.

| ¶ Brenda Kees Baker (“Baker”) appeals the judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation (“OWC”), District 1-West, Parish of Bienville, State of Louisiana, wherein the trial court rendered judgment in favor of defendants Phillips Van Heusen Corporation and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (collectively, “Van Heusen”). For the following reasons, we affirm in part and reverse in part the OWC’s judgment.

FACTS

On July 14, 2009, Baker was an employee of Van Heusen and, in that capacity, was picking up a deposit bag from a local bank. Baker was seated in her personal vehicle at the bank’s…