Space Steel Corp. v. Jones

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This workmen’s compensation case involves an employee killed by a pistol while waiting near the employer’s premises for the beginning of the annual Christmas dinner, sponsored by the employer. The Workmen’s Compensation Commission, upholding its attorney-referee, awarded death benefits to the dependents of the deceased, Willie P. Jones. The Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County affirmed. The commission awarded compensation benefits on the theory that Jones’ death was in the course of employment, was unexplained, and hence the presumption of…