Narrowly Divided Court Overturns Schedule Loss of Use Award to Worker

A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission awarding a worker benefits for a schedule loss of use of her leg instead of her lost wage-earning capacity. Case: Logan v. Klaussner Furniture Corp., No. 2015-WC-01760-COA, 08/15/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Bettye Logan had worked for the Klaussner Furniture Corp. She suffered injuries in a workplace fall in October 2003. An administrative judge found the accident had not caused Logan to suffer any industrial loss of use to her left lower extremity, ...