Judge Finds Corruption Caused Suicide, Awards Death Benefits

The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission ordered the state Department of Marine Resources to pay death benefits to the widower of a former executive assistant to the department’s director, who committed suicide as a scandal unfolded that led to the conviction of her boss and other employees on corruption charges. According to a report by the SunHerald, Administrative Law Judge Robert J. Arnold III ruled in March 2017 that the inappropriate actions of department’s employees caused Micheala Marie Hill to suffer a mental disorder that prompted her suicide...