City of Picayune v. Bennett

SOUTHWICK, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This is an appeal from a decision of the Pearl River County Circuit Court reversing and remanding to the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission a decision regarding the attorney’s fees for the claimant. We find that the court was correct and affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. Charles Bennett was injured on September 14, 1989, while employed with the City of Picayune Public Works Department. He began receiving temporary total disability benefits and continued to get those benefits through to the time of his administrative hearing in 1996. Bennett retained attorney James…