Legal Opinion

Flowers v. Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 2014No. 2011-CT-01552-SCTPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The instant case arises out of a workers’ compensation claim by Levon Flowers against his former employer Crown Cork & Seal USA. We granted Crown’s petition for writ of certiorari to review the compensability of a foot injury Flowers sustained in 2007. The Workers’ Compensation Commission denied Flowers’s request for permanent disability benefits for this injury and awarded temporary total disability benefits for the period between the injury and the date Flowers was cleared by his doctor to return to work.1 The Court of Appeals…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Walker Mfg. Co. v. CantrellMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. McGowan v. Orleans Furniture, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Weatherspoon v. Croft Metals, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Barber Seafood, Inc. v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  5. KLLM, Inc. v. FowlerMississippi Supreme Court · 1991

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Enmon Enterprises v. SnyderCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  2. J.W. Duren v. Effex Management Solutions, LLC and Great American Alliance Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2022
  3. Mary Tillman White v. The Home Depot and New Hampshire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2024
  4. Mueller Industries, Inc. and Stonington Insurance Company v. Shannon WaitsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2025

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