Cook v. Neshoba County General Hospital

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises out of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission’s order affirming an administrative judge’s (AJ) order that dismissed Robert Cook’s workers’ compensation claim with prejudice. Feeling aggrieved, Cook appeals and argues that the Commission erred in dismissing his claim because it lacked jurisdiction to do so and because Rule 7 of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission Procedural Rules allows a claimant’s absence from a scheduled hearing.

¶ 2. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 3. On November 23, 2009, Cook filed a petition to…