Bechtel Construction Co. v. Bartlett

BROOM, Justice,

for the Court:

Hernia related workmen’s compensation benefits are at issue in this cause. Initially the administrative judge ruled that the hernia sustained by Fay 0. Bartlett (claimant) *399was compensable, but the Workmen’s Compensation Commission (with one dissent) reversed the administrative judge’s order. Claimant then appealed to the Circuit Court of Claiborne County, which court reversed the commission and reinstated the administrative judge’s order awarding claimant benefits. We affirm.

Interpretation of Mississippi Code Annotated § 71-3-23 (1972), upon the facts presented,…