Legal Opinion

Russell v. Southeastern Utilities Service Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1957No. 40399PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The precise question is whether there was substantial evidence to support the finding of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission that claimant-employee suffered a fifty percent loss of wage-earning capacity as the result of in-, juries which arose out of and in the course of his employment by Southeastern Utilities Service Company.

The pertinent statute is Code of 1942, Section 6998-09 (c) (21): “Other cases: In all other cases in this class of disability, the compensation shall be sixty-six and two-thirds per centum (66 2/3%) of the difference between his…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. M. T. Reed Const. Co. v. MartinMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Karr v. Armstrong Tire & Rubber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Mississippi Products, Inc. v. GordyMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Port Gibson Veneer & Box Co. v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Elliott v. THE ROSS CARRIER CO., INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1954

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Argonaut Insurance v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Jordan v. Hercules, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Southeastern Construction Co. v. Dependent of DodsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Alumax Extrusions, Inc. v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1998
  5. Compere's Nursing Home v. BiddyMississippi Supreme Court · 1971

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