Legal Opinion

McGowan v. Orleans Furniture, Inc.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 4, 1991No. 90-CC-0274PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

586 So.2d 163 (1991)

Herman McGOWAN

v.

ORLEANS FURNITURE, INC. and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company.

No. 90-CC-0274.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 4, 1991.

S. Christopher Farris, Farris & Farris, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Jolly W. Matthews, III, Ingram, Matthews & Stroud, Hattiesburg, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Herman McGowan was employed at Orleans Furniture. He was not assigned to any one particular job but filled in wherever someone was needed. He earned an average weekly wage of $158.00. On September…

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