Legal Opinion
Butler v. L & N Food Stores
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 10, 2012No. 2011 CA 0577PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhipple, J.
12This matter is before us on appeal by claimant, James Butler, from a judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation (“OWC”) dismissing, with prejudice, Butler’s claims against his employer, L & N Food Store, Inc., and Retailers Casualty Insurance Company, based upon the finding that he failed to establish that he sustained a work-related injury and, accordingly, that he was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.
BACKGROUND FACTS
On January 27, 2010, Butler filed a disputed claim for compensation seeking workers’ compensation benefits for an alleged injury to his “upper back/neck”…
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