Picquet v. Teco Bulk Terminal

MARION F. EDWARDS, Judge.

| aDefendant/appellanUemployer, Teco Energy, Inc. (“Teco”), appeals an adverse judgment in this workers’ compensation matter.

On June 20, 2005, August F. Picquet, Jr. (“Mr. Picquet”), an employee of Teco for twenty-two years, fell ten feet from the cab of an L-50 tractor in the course and scope of his employment at the Teco Bulk Terminal. He landed face first in a pile of rocks and coal and was rendered unconscious. Mr. Picquet was taken to Methodist Hospital in New Orleans where he remained for three days. Upon his release from the hospital, Mr. Picquet applied for…