Court Overturns PTD Award for Worker With PTSD

A Louisiana appellate court overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits for a worker claiming post-traumatic stress disorder from a fight with a combative hospital patient. Case: Tombrello v. Louisiana, No. 55,490-WCA, 04/10/2024, published. Facts: John Tombrello worked for the Louisiana State University Health Science Center. He allegedly suffered psychological injuries because of a physical altercation with a patient in June 2011. The patient urinated, defecated and repeatedly spat on him. The patient then told Tombrello that he had “AIDS and syphilis and everythi...