Mississippi Department of Public Safety v. Adcox

JAMES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety/Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) appeals the Hinds County Circuit Court’s affirmance of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission’s decision, which awarded benefits to Elisha Adcox for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from her duties on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. MBN raises the following issues on appeal: (1) whether the circuit court erred in affirming the Commission’s finding that Adcox’s Katrina experience caused her to suffer PTSD; and (2) whether the Commission…