MS Sup Crt: Ball Player's Lost Use of Arm Not Tota

The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied a former professional minor league baseball player workers' comp benefits for the total occupational loss of his arm.In Meridian Professional Baseball Club (Liberty Mutual) vs. Blair Jensen (NO. 1999-CT-02093-SCT, 11/19/02), Blair Jensen suffered an injury to his left arm while employed as a professional baseball player for the Meridian Brakemen. Jensen at the time was a twenty-one-year-old high school graduate, who between baseball seasons had worked as a sports coach, construction worker and produce packer. His average weekly wage at the time of t...