HARPER v. CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.

No. 2008-CT-00529-SCT.

43 So.3d 401 (2010)

Robin HARPER, Individually and on Behalf of Reijah Harper, a Minor v. CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Williams , Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Andy Lowry , Robert P. Thompson , Janet G. Arnold , Ridgeland, Caryn Lynne Milner , attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. We granted certiorari to address the question of whether an unappealed award of the Workers' Compensation Commission becomes final when rendered, or at the expiration of the thirty-day appeal period. If the former, the statute of limitations on petitioner's bad-faith lawsuit expired and, if the latter, it did not.

BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

¶ 2. We borrow and here restate the Court of Appeals...

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