Dornak v. Lafayette General Hospital

STOKER, Judge.

The issue posed by this appeal may be stated as follows: Where a prospective employer requires a pre-employment physical examination and a physical examination performed as a result reveals a condition which requires treatment, does the employer have a duty to inform the employee of that condition? That question was answered in the negative in a previous case dealing with the exact same facts as those involved here. Dornak v. Lafayette General Hospital, 368 So.2d 1185 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 1979). The only differences in that ease (Raymond Dornak’s case) and this case of Lois Dornak…