A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission that had denied benefits to an injured truck driver for his claimed loss of earning capacity from his most recent back injury.
Case: Sheffield v. S.J. Louis Construction Inc., No. 2018-WC-00385-COA, 03/26/2019, published.
Facts: Robert Sheffield worked for S.J. Louis Construction as a truck driver. He injured his back while at work in June 2015. Prior to the accident, Sheffield had suffered two other injuries to his back.
The first occurred in 1990 while he was working for the Dib...
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