Douglas and Lomason Co. v. Freeman

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice,

for the COURT:

Douglas and Lomason, Employer, and Michigan Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County, Mississippi, affirming the order of the Workers’ Compensation Commission, which reopened the claim of John H. Freeman and awarded permanent total disability benefits to him. The appellants present the following issues for consideration by this Court:

I. WHETHER THE COMMISSION ERRED IN ALLOWING THE CLAIMANT TO REOPEN THE CASE UNDER MISS. CODE ANN. § 71-3-53 IN ORDER TO PRESENT…