Legal Opinion
Lámar v. Thomas Fowler Trucking, Inc.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 2007No. 2004-CT-00280-SCTPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
956 So.2d 878 (2007)
Julianna LAMAR
v.
THOMAS FOWLER TRUCKING, INC.
No. 2004-CT-00280-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 24, 2007.
John Griffin Jones, Gilson Davis Peterson, T. Stewart Lee, Jr., Craig Robert Sessums, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.
Matthew Anderson Taylor, Paul T. Lee, Jr., attorneys for appellee.
EN BANC.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. A subcontractor's employee was killed while hauling logs. The subcontractor claims it is entitled to the "exclusive remedy" immunity provided by Mississippi's workers' compensation statutes, Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-1…
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- Moss v. Batesville Casket Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2006
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- Walker v. Whitfield Nursing Center, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2006
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3Cited by9 opinions
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