Prentice v. Schindler Elevator Co.

GRIFFIS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Timmy Prentice filed a petition to controvert with the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission. Schindler Elevator Company, the employer, and Zurich American Insurance Company, the insurer, responded by filing a motion to dismiss based on the statute of limitations. The Commission denied Schindler’s motion. On appeal, the circuit court reversed the Commission’s decision and dismissed Prentice’s claim finding that the statute of limitations had run. On appeal, Prentice argues that the circuit court erred because Schindler is estopped from asserting the…