Cole v. Ellisville State School

KING, C.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Shirley Cole injured her left knee while performing her duties as a caretaker at Ellisville State School. Thereafter, she applied for disability benefits through the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission. The administrative judge (AJ) found that Cole had sustained a permanent-partial disability and awarded her full benefits for the scheduled member. Ellis-ville appealed the AJ’s decision to the full Commission. In a two to one decision, the Commission ruled that Cole had only sustained a fifty-percent permanent-partial disability and amended the AJ’s…