Legal Opinion

Fought v. Stuart C. Irby Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 1988No. 57620PublishedCited by 142 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

523 So.2d 314 (1988)

Elza FOUGHT

v.

STUART C. IRBY COMPANY, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

No. 57620.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 6, 1988.

George F. Hollowell, Jr., William Noel Harris, Greenville, for appellant.

Dan McCullen, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and ZUCCARO, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This is another of those troublesome cases in which an employee argues that her admitted mental or psychological disability is sufficiently job connected that she is entitled to workers' compensation. The…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Big" 2" Engine Rebuilders v. FreemanMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Myles v. Rockwell InternationalMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Olen Burrage Trucking Co. v. ChandlerMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Penrod Drilling Co. v. EtheridgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Insurance Dept. of Miss. v. DinsmoreMississippi Supreme Court · 1958

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3Cited by142 opinions

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  3. Hedge v. Leggett & Platt, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. McGowan v. Orleans Furniture, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Weatherspoon v. Croft Metals, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2003

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