Brock v. Wal-Mart 1260

RUSSELL, J„

for the Court:

¶ 1. Von Brock appeals the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission’s (“Commission”) order denying his motion to disregard the statutory requirement of using a mortality table to determine the present value of future compensation payments for the purpose of making a lump-sum payment of benefits. Brock raises one issue on appeal: whether Mississippi Code Annotated section 71-3-37(10) (Rev. 2011) is applicable to his case. Wal-Mart and American Home Assurance Company (“appellees”) state the issue as follows: whether the Commission was correct in denying Brock’s…