Miller v. Controls & Ace American Insurance Co.

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Jo Ann Miller suffered from intense hip and back pain after working on an assembly line at Johnson Controls. She was ultimately diagnosed with spondy-losis, which required multiple surgeries over the course of several years.

¶2. Miller’s attending physicians concluded that her work at Johnson Controls had aggravated or accelerated the worsening of her back condition until it became disabling. The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission disagreed, relying on an employer’s medical examination. But that examination was conducted before the cause of Miller’s back…