Batiste v. City of Baton Rouge

| ¶While correctly noting that on review this court is bound by the standard of review, the majority chooses then to overlook application of that standard to the facts presently before us, purportedly relying on the second circuit’s reversal of the trier of fact’s finding in a denial of a workers’ compensation claim. See Wilson v. Jacobs, 438 So.2d 1119, 1121 (La.App. 2d Cir.), writ denied, 443 So.2d 586 (La.1983). Nowhere in its result-driven opinion does the majority address the obvious error of its reliance: that workers’ compensation is to be liberally construed in favor of coverage. See…