Case ID: so2d_915/html/0913-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Paul W. STOUT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
    No. 2004 CA 1105.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
    May 6, 2005.
    Richard J. Guidry, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Appellee Paul W. Stout.
    Gloria Angus-Bolds, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Appellant State of Louisiana.
    Before: WHIPPLE, DOWNING and HUGHES, JJ.
   DOWNING, J.

The state appeals an Office of Workers’ Compensation Court (WCC) judgment decreeing that plaintiff was entitled to benefits because of injuries he sustained during a fight with a co-employee on the jobsite. The sole issue for review is whether the WCC was manifestly erroneous in finding that plaintiff was not the “initial physical aggressor in an unprovoked physical- altercation,” pursuant to La.R.S. 23:1081(l)(c), and thus precluded from benefits.

We conclude that the WCC’s oral reasons adequately explain how she made her determinations. A thorough review of the record and the evidence supports her decision. Therefore, we affirm in accordance with Uniform Court of Appeal Rule 2-16.2A(2), (4), (5) and (10). All costs of this appeal in the amount of $646.80 are assessed against plaintiff-appellant, the State of Louisiana, through L.S.U.

AFFIRMED.