President who Failed to Buy Insurance Qualifies for Death Benefits

The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an accounting firm must pay death benefits to the dependents of its former president, who died from a stroke, even though he had elected not to purchase workers' compensation insurance for the company.The appellate court, in a 7-2 decision, reversed a ruling by the Hinds County Circuit Court that Milton Harper's conduct in failing to provide workers' comp coverage for the Banks, Finley, White & Co. office in Jackson had disqualified him from receiving workers' compensation benefits.Case: Harper v. Banks, Finley, White & Co. of...