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Opinions in Louisiana that cite Bruno v. Harbert Intern. Inc., 593 So. 2d 357.
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Prine v. Coastal Bridge Co.
157 So. 3d 732
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2014
Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc.
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Donald Lester Nowell v. Fara & Nabors Drilling USA, Lp
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2014
Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc.
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Nowell v. Nabors Drilling USA, LP
149 So. 3d 348
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2014
Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc.
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State, DOTD v. Berry
147 So. 3d 270
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2014
It concedes the manifest error rule as to factual findings and the vast discretion accorded to credibility calls, Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc.
- Church Mutual Insurance Co. v. Dardar 145 So. 3d 271 La. 2014
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Galloway Jefcoat, LLP v. D. Patrick (Rick") Keating "
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2014
1/19/11), the supreme court stated: [T]he fact-finder “should accept as true a witness‟s uncontradicted testimony, although the witness is a party, absent „circumstances casting suspicion on the reliability of this testimony.‟” [Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., ] at 361 [(La.1992)] (quoting [West v. Bayou Vista Manor, Inc., ], ).
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Galloway Jefcoat, LLP v. Keating
138 So. 3d 786
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2014
In Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C., 10-245, pp. 6-7 (La.1/19/11), , the supreme court stated: [T]he fact-finder “should accept as true a witness’s uneontradieted testimony, although the witness is a party, absent ‘circumstances casting suspicion on the reliability of this testimony.’ ” [Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., ] at 361 [ (La.1992) ] (quoting [West v. Bayou Vista Manor, Inc., ], (La.
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Lafayette Steel Erector, Inc. v. James Constance
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2014
Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc.
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Lafayette Steel Erector, Inc. v. Constance
137 So. 3d 1251
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2014
Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc.
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Cleo Alexander v. Peerless Cleaners
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2014
STANDARD OF REVIEW In deciding workers‘ compensation cases where, as here, the accident is unwitnessed, Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc., has enunciated the trial court‘s function and the appellate court‘s standard of review: In determining whether the worker has discharged his or her burden of proof, the trial court should accept as true a witness‘s uncontradicted testimony, although the
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Alexander v. Peerless Cleaners
134 So. 3d 189
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2014
STANDARD OF REVIEW In deciding workers’ compensation cases where, as here, the accident is unwitnessed, Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc., *192 has enunciated the trial court’s function and the appellate court’s standard of review: In determining whether the worker has discharged his or her burden of proof, the trial court should accept as true a witness’s uncontradicted testimony, although the witness is a party, absent “circumstances casting
- Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. v. Wooden 132 So. 3d 482 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2014
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Sicard v. Touro Infirmary
131 So. 3d 989
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C., 10-245 (La.1/19/11), , citing Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc.
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Linda Anderson v. Kroger 747
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2013
The trial court erred in failing to apply the factual standard set forth in Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., which is necessary when an alleged accident is unwitnessed.
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Herschel Carter v. Turner Industries, Inc.
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2013
Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C., 10-245 (La.1/19/11), (citing Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., ).
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Carter v. Turner Industries
127 So. 3d 1082
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C., 10-245 (La.1/19/11), (citing Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., ).
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Anderson v. Kroger, 747
127 So. 3d 1026
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
The trial court erred in failing to apply the factual standard set forth in Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., which is necessary when an alleged accident is unwitnessed.
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Leroy Herron v. Labor Finders-Lfi Fort Pierce, Inc.
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2013
“[A]s in other civil actions, the plaintiff-worker in a compensation action has the burden of establishing a work-related accident by a preponderance of the evidence.” Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc., ( and Nelson v. Roadway Express, Inc., )(emphasis ours).
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Herron v. Labor Finders-LFI Fort Pierce, Inc.
126 So. 3d 860
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
“[A]s in other civil actions, the plaintiff-worker in a compensation ac *862 tion has the burden of establishing a work-related accident by a preponderance of the evidence.” Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc., ( and Nelson v. Roadway Express, Inc., )(emphasis ours).
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Lenig v. Textron Marine & Land Systems
122 So. 3d 1097
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc., [La.1992] (citing West v. Bayou Vista Manor, Inc., Malone and Johnson, 13 Civil Law Treatise, Workers’ Compensation, Section *?
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Holmes v. Nursecare Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
121 So. 3d 720
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2013
Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc., Alexander v. Brookshire Grocery Company, 42, 855 (La.App.2d Cir.1/9/08), , writ denied, 08-0503 (La.4/25/08), .
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Church Mutual Insurance Co. v. Dardar
119 So. 3d 967
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
See also Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc.
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Angelo Bracey v. City of Alexandria
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2013
DISCUSSION Work-Related Accident A worker bringing a compensation action against his employer bears the burden of proving, as a threshold requirement, that he suffered “personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.” Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc., La.R.S.
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Bracey v. City of Alexandria
115 So. 3d 1211
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
DISCUSSION Work-Related Accident A worker bringing a compensation action against his employer bears the burden of proving, as a threshold requirement, that he suffered “personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.” La.R.S.
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Joshua B. Doucet v. National Oilwell Varco Fluid Control
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2013
23:1031(A); Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc.
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Doucet v. National Oilwell Varco Fluid Control
120 So. 3d 727
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
*730 23:1031(A); Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc.
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Chatagnier v. 1st A Southeast Incs, L.L.C.
115 So. 3d 1167
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Bruno v. Harbert Intern., Inc., Roberts v. Thibodaux Healthcare Center, 05-0774 (La.App.
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Bourgeois v. Seabright Insurance Co.
115 So. 3d 50
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
In opposition to defendants’ motion for summary judgment, claimant contends that his deposition testimony established that he performed strenuous physical work activities sufficient to meet his burden of *52 proving an “accident” under 23:1021(1)
- Marsh v. North Louisiana Medical Center 113 So. 3d 1174 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2013
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Rostrop v. Gray Insurance Co.
115 So. 3d 535
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C., 10-245 (La.1/19/11); , citing Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc.
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Marti v. City of New Orleans
115 So. 3d 541
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Although the jurisprudence has liberally construed the work-related accident requirement, the employee’s burden of proof is not relaxed; “[rjather, as in other civil actions, the plaintiff-worker in a compensation action has the burden of establishing a work-related accident by a preponderance of the evidence.” -61 (La.1992).
- Vargas v. Petrin Corp. 115 So. 3d 483 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
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Lopez v. Marques Food Distributors
110 So. 3d 1132
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc.
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Charlotte Franklin v. Calcasieu Parish School Board
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2013
1/19/11), (citing Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., ).
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Franklin v. Calcasieu Parish School Board
108 So. 3d 907
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C., 10-245 (La.1/19/11), (citing Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., ).
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Ruiz v. City of New Orleans
109 So. 3d 52
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2013
Bruno v. Harbert Int'l, Inc.
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Vicknair v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
111 So. 3d 1065
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
See also Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc., (La.
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Blatcher v. Brand Staffing Services, Inc.
106 So. 3d 1182
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
Ardoin v. Firestone Polymers, L.L.C., 10-245 (La.1/19/11), , citing Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc.
- Billy Wayne Broadway v. Shane Mitchell Logging, Inc. La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2012
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Broadway v. Shane Mitchell Logging, Inc.
105 So. 3d 1041
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
See Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc.
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Jason D. Dugas v. Autozone, Inc.
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2012
3 Cir. 6/1/11), (citing Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., ).
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Dugas v. AutoZone, Inc.
103 So. 3d 1271
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
3 Cir. 6/1/11), (citing Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., ).
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Ronald Dunn, Jr. v. Lakewood Quarters Retirement Community
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2012
The Louisiana Supreme Court formulated the burden of proof and the standard of review used by appellate courts in workers’
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Dunn v. Lakewood Quarters Retirement Community
103 So. 3d 1185
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
The Louisiana Supreme Court formulated the burden of proof and the standard of review used by appellate courts in workers’
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Dustin Estis v. Ambar Lone Star Fluid Service
La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 2012
Ambar notes that under Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc., (La.
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Estis v. Ambar Lone Star Fluid Service
100 So. 3d 348
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
Am-bar notes that under Bruno v. Harbert International, Inc., a claimant’s testimony alone may only meet the burden of proof if: 1) no evidence discredits or casts serious doubt on claimant’s version, and 2) the claimant’s version is corroborated by circumstances following the accident, be they in the form of medical evidence, or testimony of coworkers, family or frie
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Brown v. Offshore Energy Service, Inc.
104 So. 3d 494
La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2012
Offshore cites the unrelaxed burden of proof for a compensation claimant, set out in Bruno v. Harbert Int’l Inc., and contends that without the requisite corroboration, the claimant’s testimony is insufficient to prove an accident.
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Marange v. Custom Metal Fabricators, Inc.
93 So. 3d 1253
La. 2012
In its reasons for judgment, the OWC hearing officer found Mr. Marange’s version of the incident was not credible, stating: *1257 Based on the Bruno [v. Harbor [Harbert] International, ] case, the Court finds that other evidence discredits or casts serious doubt on Mr. Marange’s version of the incident.
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Reid-Lopez v. Alternative Service Concept, LLC
96 So. 3d 537
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
5 Cir. 12/12/01) , (citing Bruno v. Harbert Intern., Inc., ).
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Carmena v. St. Anthony's Home
92 So. 3d 539
La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2012
Bruno v. Harbert Int’l, Inc., Carter v. Lakeview Regional Medical Center, 04-1794, p. 4 (La.App.