Holden v. City of New Orleans (NOPD)

| {.Claimant-appellant, Malinda Holden, appeals OWC’s actions of granting a partial motion for summary judgment in favor of her employer, the City of New Orleans, New Orleans Police Department (the City), and dismissing her claims for additional indemnity benefits as a result of an injury she sustained in the course and scope of her employment. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

It is undisputed that while she was on duty as a police officer for the City, Holden sustained an injury as she placed a fifteen-pound, duty-filled back pack on the passenger’s seat of her vehicular unit. Holden’s doctor issued…