Tanks Ex Rel. Estate of Willis v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-Appellants Lockheed Martin Corp. and Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Support Co. (“Lockheed”) took this interlocutory appeal, certified by the district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), seeking reversal of the district court’s partial summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellant Erica Tanks. The district court held that, under the discrete facts and circumstances of this case, the “exclusive remedy” provision of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Act (“MWCA” or “the Act”),1 which generally *460precludes an employee from recovering from his…