Legal Opinion
E & M Motel Management, Inc. v. Knight
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1970No. 45543PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice.
This case originated in the Workmen’s Compensation Commission where death benefits were denied the widow of Edward Knight, a motel manager whose death was held not to have arisen out of or in the course of his employment. On appeal by the claimant to the Circuit Court of Benton County, the order of the Commission was reversed and compensation benefits were awarded.
The question is whether the order of the Commission is supported by substantial evidence, or whether the undisputed evidence entitles claimant to compensation benefits.
The deceased, as manager of a…
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