Statute of Limitations Began on Date Commission Issued Decision

The three-year statute of limitations officially began on the date the Workers' Compensation Commission issued its unappealed decision, the Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled in a lawsuit alleging an untimely payment of a workers' compensation award. Case: Harper v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., No. 2008-CT-00529-SCT, 6/17/10. Published.Facts: Ricky Harper worked for Cal-Maine as a supervisor at a chicken-breeding farm in Hinds County, Miss. On Dec. 1, 2000, he finished his workday at 3:45 p.m. and left for home. Harper stopped on Bush Bottom Road on his way home, where he was shot and killed...