Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Ron Williams Construction
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 6, 2002No. 01-1122PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
pAMY, Judge.
Claimant brought suit against his employer for workers’ compensation benefits. The workers’ compensation judge found that the claimant failed to prove that a work-related accident occurred. The claimant now appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the workers’ compensation judge.
Factual and Procedural Background
On approximately July 20, 2000, Daryl Matthews began to suffer from what he described as a “crick” in his neck. Matthews stated that he was not immediately aware of what caused the neck pain. Matthews was working on a construction job in Raceland and…
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