Court Provides Guidance for Disposing of Disputes Rendered Moot

The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a carrier should not have been sanctioned for challenging an administrative order and that a worker's death rendered the dispute moot. Case: Gamma Healthcare Inc v. Estate of Grantham, No. 2019-WC-00913-COA, 12/01/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: Sharon Grantham worked for Gamma Healthcare Inc. In October 2015, she suffered injuries in a work-related car accident that left her paraplegic. Gamma accepted liability, and its insurance carrier began paying workers’ compensation benefits to Grantham. Several months later, d...