Legal Opinion
Garcia v. City of New Orleans
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 3, 2013No. 2012-CA-1459PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES F. McKAY, III Chief Judge.
|! Plaintiff, Elizabeth Garcia (“Ms. Garcia”), appeals the judgment of the Office of Workers’ Compensation granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of her employer, the City of New Orleans (“City”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
STATEMENT OF FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The City employed Ms. Garcia as a police officer. Ms. Garcia filed a disputed claim for compensation, alleging that she sustained an injury after falling while coming down a stairwell at, the police station. Approximately sixteen hours after the incident, Ms. Garcia appeared at the…
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