Handy v. Tembec

J^McCLENDON, J.

This workers’ compensation action is before us on appeal from a judgment in favor of the claimant, Barbara Handy, and against her employer, TEMBEC. For the following reasons, we affirm.

*403FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On May 12, 2000, Ms. Handy was involved in a serious work-related accident, while in the course and scope of her employment as a stack helper with TEM-BEC, a paper plant located in St. Fran-cisville, Louisiana. At the time of the accident, Ms. Handy had been employed at TEMBEC, or its predecessors, for approximately twenty-one years. The May 12, 2000 injuries occurred…