Harper Ex Rel. Harper v. Banks, Finley, White & Co. of Mississippi

¶ 45. I join Chief Justice Waller’s dissent. I write separately because, regardless of coverage issues, no competent evidence exists anywhere in the record upon which any tribunal could rely to reach a valid finding that Harper’s stroke resulted from his work. Therefore, the Workers’ Compensation Commission award was not supported by substantial evidence.

¶ 46. In workers’ compensation cases, we limit our review to determining whether the Commission’s decision “was supported by substantial evidence, was arbitrary and/or capricious, was beyond the Commission’s authority to make, or whether a…