Legal Opinion
Wilczewski v. Brookshire Grocery Store
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 28, 2009No. WCA 08-718PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAUNDERS, Judge.
| ¶ This is a workers compensation case wherein an employee was injured while lifting a crate of hams weighing approximately fifty to sixty pounds. The employee claimed to have suffered an injury and, subsequently, pain in the thoracic area of her back.
After undergoing several unsuccessful treatments, the employee was seen by a pain management specialist. The specialist, after failed treatments via prescription drugs and epidural steroid injection, sought the approval of a trial using a spinal cord stimulator. The employer denied this request and sent the employee to its own…
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- Pendleton v. BarrettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
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