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BROWN & ROOT CONST. CO. v. DUCKWORTH

No. 54964.

475 So.2d 813 (1985)

BROWN & ROOT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Kemper Insurance Company v. Gerald C. DUCKWORTH.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Blakeslee, Bryant, Stennis & Colingo, Gulfport, for appellant.

Stanton J. Fountain, Jr., Bobby G. O'Barr, Biloxi, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ANDERSON, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, First Judicial District, affirming an award of benefits by the full Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission.

This case involves an unusual injury. In July 1979, Gerald Duckworth was hired by Brown & Root Construction Company as a semi-skilled laborer. Initially, he was assigned to miscellaneous groundskeeping tasks. After he had been on the...

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