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SMITH v. TIPPAH ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION

No. 2012-CT-00502-SCT.

138 So.3d 900 (2014)

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

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Farese , Anthony L. Farese , Ashland, attorneys for appellant.

Amy K. Taylor , attorney for appellees.

EN BANC.

LAMAR, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. After suffering extensive electrical shock while working as a lineman for Tippah Electric Power Association ("Tippah"), Lonnie Smith filed a petition to controvert with the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission ("Commission"). Tippah denied that Smith's claim was compensable and raised the affirmative defense that Smith had intentionally injured himself. The administrative judge ("AJ") found that Smith had intentionally...

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