LAMAR v. THOMAS FOWLER TRUCKING, INC.

No. 2004-CT-00280-SCT.

956 So.2d 878 (2007)

Julianna LAMAR v. THOMAS FOWLER TRUCKING, INC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Griffin Jones, Gilson Davis Peterson, T. Stewart Lee, Jr., Craig Robert Sessums, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Matthew Anderson Taylor, Paul T. Lee, Jr., attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. A subcontractor's employee was killed while hauling logs. The subcontractor claims it is entitled to the "exclusive remedy" immunity provided by Mississippi's workers' compensation statutes, Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-1 et seq. (Rev.2000) (the "Act"), because the general contractor deducted workers' compensation premiums from payments due the subcontractor and because one of the...

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