Shippers Express v. Chapman

This case is here on appeal from a decision of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. The Workmen's Compensation Commission had held that the two-year statute of limitations afforded under Mississippi Code Annotated, section 71-3-35 (1972), within which after date of injury, claimants may apply for benefits, had run on the claim of appellee, Ernest Chapman, for such compensation. The circuit court reversed the commission's order.

We reverse the circuit court's decision and reinstate the order of the commission.

Appellee had been employed by Shippers Express since…