Mississippi Baptist Medical Center v. Murphy

IRVING, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises out of a workers’ compensation claim filed by Billy Murphy against Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (Baptist). The Rankin County Circuit Court affirmed the judgment of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission, which ordered Baptist to pay one-half of the costs of gastrointestinal treatment that Murphy received and one-half of the cost of a diseogram procedure that Murphy had undergone. Feeling aggrieved, Baptist appeals and contends that the Commission improperly focused on the testimony of Murphy’s treating physician and that the…