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BARNES v. W.S. NEWELL, INC.

No. 2005-WC-01602-COA.

949 So.2d 823 (2006)

Hugh Earl BARNES, Appellant, v. W.S. NEWELL, INC., Employer, and the Mississippi Associated General Contractors Workers' Compensation Fund, Inc., Carrier, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

October 17, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Hunter Stevens, Jackson, attorney for appellant.

William D. Blakeslee, Gulfport, attorney for appellees.

Before KING, C.J., SOUTHWICK and IRVING, JJ.

SOUTHWICK, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission ordered that Hugh Barnes be reimbursed for travel expenses he incurred while traveling between a temporary residence in Kansas to his doctor's office in Hattiesburg. We find the Commission applied the wrong legal standard and therefore reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

¶ 2. In June 1997, Hugh Barnes sustained an on-the-job injury while in...

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