Case Name: R. L. EVERETT, R. L. Everett & Co., and Travelers Insurance Company v. Howard KENNEDY
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1968-05-20
Citations: 210 So. 2d 767
Docket Number: No. 44923
Parties: R. L. EVERETT, R. L. Everett & Co., and Travelers Insurance Company v. Howard KENNEDY.
Judges: JONES, BRADY, PATTERSON, and ROBERTSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 210
Pages: 767–767

Head Matter:
R. L. EVERETT, R. L. Everett & Co., and Travelers Insurance Company v. Howard KENNEDY.
No. 44923.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 20, 1968.
Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Melvin B. Bishop, Jackson, for appellants.
George G. Williamson, A. K. Edwards, Mendenhall, for appellee.

Opinion:
GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:
The Workmen's Compensation Commission awarded appellee temporary total benefits. The issues are essentially factual and we hold that the Workmen's Compensation Commission's order is supported by substantial evidence. We therefore affirm the order of the circuit court affirming the Commission's order. The case is remanded to the Commission for further evaluation as provided in the Commission's order.
The motion for attorney's fees is sustained for 25 percent of the recovery as provided in the contract between claimant and his attorney. Interest and statutory damages of 5 percent as provided by statute for unsuccessful appeals, and the mandatory penalty provided for in the Workmen's Compensation Act, are allowed.
Affirmed and remanded.
JONES, BRADY, PATTERSON, and ROBERTSON, JJ., concur.