Louisiana Court of Appeal June 12, 2002, No. 2002-110 (Poullard v. Diocese of Lafayette)

hPICKETT, J.

FACTS

Dorothy Poullard worked as a technician/cook at the St. Edmund’s school cafeteria in Eunice. On May 23, 2000, Poul-lard and a co-worker were moving a meat slicer from one table to another. Mrs. Poullard said when she attempted to do this, she felt a sharp pain on her left side up into her ribs. She did not report this to anyone at the time.

Throughout the summer, Mrs.