Pickering v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

McMILLIN, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Rocky Pickering injured his back while working for Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. He filed for workers’ compensation benefits, seeking, among other things, permanent partial disability benefits due to his permanently diminished physical condition and due to alleged disabling mental depression caused by his physical injuries. The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission awarded Pickering certain temporary disability benefits but concluded that he had recovered completely from his on-the-job injuries and was, thus, not entitled to further benefits.…