Gers v. National Tea Co.

JiDOUCET, Chief Judge.

In this case the administrative hearing officer denied the plaintiffs claim for worker’s compensation benefits based on a finding that there was no causal connection between an on-the-job accident and a stroke subsequently suffered by the claimant. The claimant appeals.

The claimant, Jennell Gers, was employed part-time by the National Tea Company d/b/a the Real Superstore (Superstore) in Lafayette, Louisiana. On July 29, 1992, she struck the crown of her head on a low doorway connecting two warehouses at the store. There was no witness. She told a co-worker, Cynthia…