Southeastern Construction Co. v. Dependent of Dodson

This case involves the extent of an administrative agency’s discretion in determining the apportionment of compensation death benefits, between that due to the injury and that due to a preexisting symptomatic coronary artery disease; the constitutional validity of the statute; and the proper formula for apportionment. The claim for workmen’s compensation was filed by appellee, the widow of S. W. Dodson. Dodson worked for Southeastern Construction Company, appellant, at the time of his death.

The statute involved is the second paragraph of section 4 of the Mississippi Workmbh’s "Compensation…