A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from a fight with a colleague he had been antagonizing with graphic descriptions of lewd homosexual acts .
Case: Washington v. Gallo Mechanical Contractors, No. 2016-CA-1251, 05/17/2017, published.
Facts: Steven Washington worked for Gallo Mechanical Contractors. He suffered injuries in an altercation with Lamar Rogers at work in December 2015.
After Washington filed a claim for benefits, Gallo moved for summary judgment asserting that his injuries were not compensable because he had been the...
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