Legal Opinion
Gilbert v. Willis-Knighton Workkare Clinic
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 2, 2009No. 44,628-WCAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
11 Claimant Roslyn Gilbert is appealing a judgment rendered in favor of Defendant-Appellee Willis-Knighton Workkare Clinic, which declared that Gilbert’s choice of orthopedic specialist was Dr. Lewis Jones and that she was not entitled to another choice. The Worker’s Compensation Judge also determined that her condition was unrelated to the work-related accident. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the lower court’s judgment.
FACTS
Gilbert asserts that she had a work-related accident on June 27, 2003, while working at Willis-Knighton Workkare Clinic. Gilbert was lifting a patient at the…
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