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High Court: No Compensation for Jouster Injured at Renaissance Festival

Thursday, October 10, 2024 | 0

The Louisiana Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a decision finding that a man injured while jousting was excluded from the state's workers' compensation system. On Tuesday, a 6-1 majority on the high court denied a petition for writ of certiorari and agreed to let stand the decision of the Court of Appeal for the 1st Circuit of Louisiana in McKeane v. LA Renfest LLC. John McKeane worked for War Horse Productions as a jouster and farmhand. War Horse contracted with LA Renfest LLC to present a jousting demonstration during the 2021 Louisiana Renaissance Festival in Hammond. ...

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