DeBarge v. LFI of Lake Charles

COOKS, Judge.

| ¡.FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

DeBarge, age 53, went to work for LFI shortly after Hurricane Rita on October 5, 2005, as a laundry assistant making beds, vacuuming, taking care of soiled laundry, and doing general cleaning inside and outside of tents set up to house workers stationed in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She was injured on November 1, 2005, when her foot became entangled on some plastic attached to a bed causing her to strike her neck on a bed as she fell to the floor. LFI denied the occurrence of the injury and denied the compensability of the work injury up to the date…