Legal Opinion
Brown v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 13, 2013No. 2012-WC-00803-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. Johnnie Brown appeals the order of the Circuit Court of Bolivar County, which affirmed the rulings of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission) and administrative judge (AJ) that her claim was time-barred under the two-year statute of limitations set out in Mississippi Code Annotated section 71-3-35 (Rev.2011). The AJ and Commission had disagreed, however, on the date the statute began to run. The AJ found the statute of limitations began to run no later than November 2001, when Brown was *162evaluated by a physician and diagnosed with carpal…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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