Dean Truck Line, Inc. v. Wilkes
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:
The Workmen’s Compensation Commission, upholding its attorney-referee, held that the medical evidence “failed to estab*463lish a causal relationship * * * between claimant’s * * * stroke and the activities of his employment * * * ” and thus denied compensation benefits to Moses E. Wilkes, claimant-appellee. The Circuit Court of Alcorn County reversed the Commission’s order, and held that the credible' medical evidence reflected a causal relationship between claimant’s cerebral vascular accident and employment. It awarded permanent total disability benefits, but reduced…
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