Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bailey v. AECOM

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 4, 2009No. 08-1021Published

1Dissent

THIBODEAUX,

Chief Judge, dissenting.

IJ am convinced that, when reviewing this record in its entirety, the workers’ compensation judge was clearly wrong in his findings that the claimant failed to meet his burden of proving a work-related injury by a preponderance of the evidence. While the claimant may not have unequivocally articulated to Dr. Phillips the occurrence of a work-related injury on his first visit, this lack of specificity is not fatal. The physical, objective evidence of injury is, in my view, overwhelming in this case, notwithstanding the self-serving assertions of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rosell v. EscoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  2. Bruno v. Harbert Intern. Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
  3. Butler v. Zapata Haynie Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
  4. Richard v. Temple-InlandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993

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