Legal Opinion
Smith v. Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 25, 2009No. 44,080-WCAPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
I,The defendant, Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, appeals a judgment in favor of the claimant, Antoinette Smith. The workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) awarded compensation benefits, medical expenses, penalties and attorney fees, finding that claimant’s shoulder injury was work-related. For the following reasons, we affirm and render.
FACTS
In 2001, the claimant began working at a chicken processing plant in Farmerville, Louisiana, owned by Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (“Pilgrim”). Her duties involved the repetitive cutting and pulling of parts from chickens while standing beside a conveyer belt. In…
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