Paramedic Fails to Prove Entitlement to Benefits

A Louisiana appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a paramedic for his alleged injuries from being attacked while attending to a patient.  Case: Dufrene v. Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp., No. 2019 CA 1202, 05/11/2020, published. Facts: Antoine Dufrene worked as an emergency medical technician for Northshore EMS LLC. According to Dufrene, he was on a call for an unresponsive female on July 30, 2017. When he arrived, the Bogalusa Fire Department was already there. Dufrene was told by one of the firefighters that there were two women inside, one on the groun...