Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-1 (2026)
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✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) This chapter shall be known and cited as "Workers' Compensation Law," and shall be administered by the Workers' Compensation Commission, hereinafter referred to as the "commission," cooperating with other state and federal authorities for the prevention of injuries and occupational diseases to workers and, in event of injury or occupational disease, their rehabilitation or restoration to health and vocational opportunity; and this chapter shall be fairly and impartially construed and applied according to the law and the evidence in the record, and, notwithstanding any common law or case law to the contrary, this chapter shall not be presumed to favor one party over another and shall not be liberally construed in order to fulfill any beneficent purposes.
- (2) Wherever used in this chapter, or in any other statute or rule or regulation affecting the former Workmen's Compensation Law and any of its functions or duties:
- (a) The words "workmen's compensation" shall mean "workers' compensation"; and
- (b) The word "commission" shall mean the Workers' Compensation Commission.
- (3) The primary purposes of the Workers' Compensation Law are to pay timely temporary and permanent disability benefits to every worker who legitimately suffers a work-related injury or occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment, to pay reasonable and necessary medical expenses resulting from the work-related injury or occupational disease, and to encourage the return to work of the worker.
Codes, 1942, § 6998-01; Laws, 1948, ch. 354, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 275; Laws, 1968, ch. 559, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 473, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 408; reenacted without change, Laws, 1990, ch. 405, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 522, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 59
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1974–2025 · leading case: Smith v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 644 F.3d 1321 (11th Cir. 2011).
Smith v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 644 F.3d 1321 (11th Cir. 2011). “2d at 669-71 , raised these claims to argue that they fell within the intentional tort exception to Mississippi's Workers’ Compensation Act, Miss.Code Ann. § 71-3-1 et seq. 29 . The record does not state whether ABC News began making its interview requests before or after its…”
Meridian Prof'l Baseball Club v. Jensen, 828 So. 2d 740 (Miss. 2002). “2002), is § 71-3-17(c)(22)-(23), for purposes of comparison it is helpful to view that section in context with the other sections shown below. The applicable statute defines disability as follows: Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions which follow govern the…”
Washington v. Woodland Vill. Nursing Home, 25 So. 3d 341 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). “While McAm is authority for the judiciary’s power to modify the common law, Mississippi’s Workers’ Compensation Law is a legislative creation providing for the payment of insurance benefits to injured workers.”
Newell v. S. Jitney Jungle Co., 830 So. 2d 621 (Miss. 2002). “We hold that the Workers' Compensation Law, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 71-3-1 to -129 (2000 & Supp.”
Walker Mfg. Co. v. Cantrell, 577 So. 2d 1243 (Miss. 1991). “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 71-3-1 , et seq. (1972).”
Vance v. Twin River Homes, Inc., 641 So. 2d 1176 (Miss. 1994). “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 71-3-1 to 71-3-181. The pertinent section of the applicable statute states that: Every employer to whom this chapter applies shall be liable for and shall secure the payment to his employees of the compensation payable under its provisions.”
Johnson v. Sysco Food Servs., 86 So. 3d 242 (Miss. 2012). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 71-3-1 (Rev. 2011); Franklin Corp.”
Big\ 2\" Engine Rebuilders v. Freeman", 379 So. 2d 888 (Miss. 1980). “The claimant, apparently from a blow, lost consciousness and recall at this moment, although the evidence shows he managed to recover sufficiently from the trauma of head injuries to reach Spiers' Garage, where he lapsed once more into unconsciousness in the presence of his…”
David R. Green v. Amerada-Hess Corp., 612 F.2d 212 (5th Cir. 1980). “Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Law, Miss.Code Ann. § 71-3-1 et seq. (1972). Moreover, Mississippi courts have not specifically decided the question whether an employer may be liable in damages for discharging an employee for pursuing his workmen’s compensation rights.”
Nash v. Damson Oil Corp., 480 So. 2d 1095 (Miss. 1985). “The point becomes clear in the context of the familiar and oft noted trade-off represented by the Workers' Compensation Act, Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-1 , et seq. (Supp.”
Wachtler v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 835 So. 2d 23 (Miss. 2003). “[2] Miss.Code Ann. §§ 71-3-1 to -129 (Rev. 2000 & Supp.”
Dialysis Solutions, LLC v. Mississippi State Dep't of Health, 96 So. 3d 713 (Miss. 2012). “er distinguishable because that quasijudicial power was selected to “administefr]” the statutorily created mechanism under which personal-injury lawsuits “by injured workers against employers” were removed from the tort system, with “[e]mployers receiving] fixed *718 levels of…”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-1(1) — 2 cases
Tremayne Burton v. Nissan North Am. & ACE Am. Ins. Co.; (Miss. Ct. App. 2020).
Leverne Brent & Lenard Brent v. Mississippi Dep't of Human Servs. & Mississippi State Agencies Workers' Comp. Trust (Miss. 2024).
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