No Benefits for Worker Fired for Refusing to Accept Full-Duty Post

The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for permanent partial disability benefits after she was fired from her job for refusing to perform a full-duty assignment. Case: Hayes v. Howard Industries Inc., No. 2018-WC-01160-COA, 08/06/2019, published. Facts: Linda Hayes injured her neck in March 2012 working for Howard Industries Inc. Hayes made $11.83 per hour as an internal assembler at the time of her injury. Howard paid for Hayes to receive medical treatment. In May 2012, Hayes began seeing a doctor who allowed her to return to work with certain restric...