A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer did not offer improperly cumulative testimony by presenting the opinions of two physicians in the same specialty.
Case: Carter v. Iberia Parish School Board, No. 17-594, 12/13/2017, published.
Facts: Laura Carter worked for the Iberia Parish School Board as a cook at Dodson Elementary School. She injured her back at work in May 2011 while lifting a heavy food chopper.
Carter sought medical care at the Occupational Medicine Clinic on the day of her injury and later went to the emergency room at Dauterive Hospital, but she was able to re...
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