Charles v. Lake Charles Memorial Hospital

_JjThe decision of the majority to award workers’ compensation benefits to the plaintiff is neither legally nor factually supportable. I agree that an accident occurred and the proof was sufficient to prove the occurrence of the accident. The proof, however, of a compensable accident is nonexistent. The record is bereft of any competent proof showing objective findings of an injury. See La.R.S. 28:1021(1). In order for an accident producing an injury to be compensable, there must be admissible and competent evidence of disability. Dr. Bernauer’s answers to hypotheticals posed to him in a…