MUELLER COPPER TUBE CO., INC. v. UPTON

No. 2004-WC-01493-COA.

930 So.2d 428 (2005)

MUELLER COPPER TUBE COMPANY, INC. and The Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants v. Stanley W. UPTON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 2006.

Certiorari Denied June 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. McLaurin, Tupelo, James Gregory Brown, attorneys for appellants.

Duncan L. Lott, Booneville, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


CHANDLER, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Stanley Upton was an employee for Mueller Copper Tube Company. After he sustained a work-related ankle injury and underwent surgery, he returned to Mueller and attempted to work in job capacities that were less physically demanding. However, each of the four jobs he performed after the surgery caused him to have back problems. Upton's treating physician took him off work and opined that Upton had reached maximum medical improvement...

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