Legal Opinion
Burgess v. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 3, 2016No. 2015-CA-0918PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.
1 -(Tills is a workers’ compensation case. The sole .issue presented on this appeal is the legal, issue of whether the choice of pharmacy belongs to the employee. Answering that question 'in the affirmative, we affirm the trial court’s judgment ordering the employer to reimburse the employee for prescription medications obtained from the pharmacy selected by the employee.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1
On October 13, 2008, Darvel Burgess, an employee of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (the “S & WB”), sustained neck and back injuries while working as a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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