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SMITH v. TIPPAH ELEC. POWER ASS'N

No. 2012-WC-00502-COA.

138 So.3d 934 (2013)

Lonnie SMITH, Appellant v. TIPPAH ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION and Electric Power Associations of Mississippi Workers' Compensation Group, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Q. Whitwell , Ashland, attorney for appellant.

Amy K. Taylor , attorney for appellees.

EN BANC.

CARLTON, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. On June 1, 2010, Lonnie Smith filed a petition to controvert with the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission (Commission) alleging that he had suffered a compensable injury while working as a lineman for Tippah Electric Power Association (Tippah). Tippah denied the compensability of Smith's injury by raising the affirmative defense that the injury resulted from Smith's own intentional misconduct. Following a hearing where...

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