Bowman v. Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Gov't
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtGuidry, J.
| ^Claimant, James Bowman, III, appeals a judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWC) finding he failed to meet his burden of proof to relate-his disabling injury to his workplace accident. Finding no manifest error in the OWC judge’s conclusions, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On April 22, 2013, the claimant fell backwards to the ground while attempting to break up a fight between two male juvenile detainees1 at the Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center. At the time of the accident, the claimant was working in the course and scope of his-employment as a juvenile care…
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