Southeastern Auto Brokers v. Graves

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission ruled that Lucious Graves was injured during the course and scope of his employment with Southeastern Auto Brokers. As a result, the Commission ordered Southeastern to pay Graves’s workers’ compensation benefits. Southeastern challenges the Commission’s ruling, and argues: (1) Graves was an independent contractor, not an employee, and (2) even if Graves qualified as an employee, workers’ compensation laws did not apply. We find no error and affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In 2006, Graves started to work…