Court Rejects Injured Teacher's Request for Additional Benefits, Penalties

A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured teacher was not entitled to collect both her salary and temporary total disability benefits for her period of disability that extended beyond the school year. Case: Delatte v. Washington Parish School Board, No. 2018 CA 0575, 12/21/2018, published. Facts: Regina Delatte worked for the Washington Parish School Board as a junior high physical education teacher. Her back allegedly “froze” while she was lifting a box of juice at work in September 2015. Delatte continued to work and was released to full unrestricted duty by Dr. H. Rei...