Legal Opinion

Bettye Logan v. Klaussner Furniture Corporation

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 2018No. 2015–CT–01760–SCTPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RANDOLPH, PRESIDING JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Bettye Logan sustained a compensable leg injury while employed at Klaussner Furniture Corporation d/b/a Bruce Furniture Industries ("Klaussner"). An Administrative Judge ("AJ"), and the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission ("Commission"), found that Logan had suffered a sixty-percent loss of industrial use to her left lower extremity, which entitled her to 105 weeks of compensation set at $331.06 for her "scheduled-member" injury under Mississippi Code Section 71-3-17(c)(2). Logan appealed, and the Court of Appeals reversed, finding that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Smith v. Jackson Const. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Vance v. Twin River Homes, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Hale v. Ruleville Health Care CenterMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Raytheon Aerospace Support Serv. v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Lovett v. Delta Regional Medical CenterMississippi Supreme Court · 2015

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. Bobbie Young, on behalf of the Heirs of Daniel Lee Tewksbury v. Air Masters Mechanical Inc. and Associated General Contractors of Mississippi Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2020
  5. Jimmy McInturff v. Yellow Roadway CorporationCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2019

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