SMITH AND SANDERS, INC. v. PEERY

No. 54539.

473 So.2d 423 (1985)

SMITH AND SANDERS, INC. and The Travelers Insurance Company v. R.B. PEERY, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Burch, Gary K. Jones, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, for appellants.

Jim Phyfer, Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This worker's compensation case from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County presents the question of whether an employee is entitled to benefits for mental injury unaccompanied by physical trauma.

The facts are essentially without dispute. The claimant, R.B. Peery, Jr., had been employed since 1964 as a civil engineer, land surveyor and draftsman with Smith and Sanders, Inc. The company's business...

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