Sawyer v. Head

WALKER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Holmes County, Mississippi evolving from a claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

On June 19,1973, Roosevelt Head, Jr., an employee of Lakeland Plantation, was involved in a motor vehicle collision. At the time of the accident Roosevelt Head was enroute to lunch in a pickup truck provided by Lakeland Plantation and. driven by Roosevelt Head, Sr., Roosevelt, Jr.’s father and a co-employee. Roosevelt Head, Jr. died as a result of the injuries he sustained in the collision.

At the time of Roosevelt’s death he was…