Baker v. DOLLAR TREE STORES

| ,The plaintiff, Sammie Jo Baker, appeals a ruling of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) finding that she willfully made false representations regarding a claim for workers’ compensation benefits and that, as a result, under La. R.S. 23:1208, she forfeited all right to those benefits. The defendant, Dollar Tree Stores (Dollar Tree), has answered the appeal, arguing that the WCJ erred in finding that the plaintiff had an accident in the course and scope of her employment at Dollar Tree on or about October 9, 2007. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

Ms. Baker was employed by Dollar…