Underwood v. McRae's

McMILLIN, C.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Barbara Dawn Underwood sought workers’ compensation benefits for an injury she claimed to have suffered while employed by McRae’s, a business organi*401zation operating a number of retail department stores. The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission denied Underwood’s claim, and she filed a notice of appeal of that decision to the circuit court as permitted by Section 71-3-51 of the Mississippi Code of 1972. The notice of appeal stated that Underwood was appealing to the Circuit Court of First Judicial District of Hinds County.

¶ 2. After more than thirty…