HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC. v. ROBBINS

No. 2014-WC-01086-COA.

176 So.3d 113 (2015)

HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant v. Rufus ROBBINS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

September 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Smith , Oxford, Roy A. Nowell Jr. , Laurel, attorneys for appellant.

Rogen K. Chhabra , Jackson, Benjamin Seth Thompson , attorneys for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., ISHEE and MAXWELL, JJ.


¶ 1. In scheduled-member cases, like this one, when the industrial loss is greater than the functional loss, the injured employee is entitled to the greater of the two. An industrial-loss determination considers whether a loss of wage-earning capacity has occurred. Thus, while an injury that renders a worker unable...

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