Legal Opinion
Nowlin v. Mississippi Chemical Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 1, 1954No. 39041PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
The inquiry in this case concerns the benefits to which W. M. Nowlin is entitled in his claim, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, for partial loss of use of his right leg.
On September 11, 1950, he was working as a pipe fitter for Mississippi Chemical Company. He fell from a scaffold, 8 or 10 feet high, as the rope broke when he was twisting it for the purpose of moving pipe. He sustained comminuted fractures of the distal ends of the right tibia and fibula. He had several bruises, and the ankle was dislocated. He also complained somewhat of his back. The medical evidence as to his…
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