Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the details of practice and procedure in the settlement and adjudication of claims shall be determined by rules of the commission, the text of which shall be published and be readily available to interested parties.
The commission shall have full power and authority to determine all questions relating to the payment of claims for compensation. The commission shall make or cause to be made such investigation as it deems necessary and, upon application of either party or upon its own initiative, shall order a hearing, shall make or deny an award, and shall file the same in its office.
Informal conferences and hearings in contested cases may be conducted by a duly designated representative of the commission. Upon the conclusion of any such hearing, the commission's representative shall make or deny an award, and file the decision in the office of the commission. Immediately after such filing, a notice of decision shall be sent to all interested parties. This decision shall be final unless within twenty (20) days a request or petition for review by the full commission is filed.
Codes, 1942, § 6998-24; Laws, 1948, ch. 354, § 18; Laws, 1950, ch. 412, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 473, § 24; reenacted without change, Laws, 1990, ch. 405, § 25, eff. 7/1/1990.
Notes of Decisions
Teresa Patrick v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 681 F.3d 614 (5th Cir. 2012).
· cites it 2× “See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 71-3-47, 15-1-49(1). Patrick argued the statute of limitations did not commence until the Court of Appeals’ 2009 mandate.”
Bullock v. AIU Ins. Co., 995 So. 2d 717 (Miss. 2008).
· cites it 3× “Miss.Code Ann. § 71-3-47 (Rev.2000) (emphasis added).”
Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Holliman, 765 So. 2d 564 (Miss. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 4× “Under Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-47 (Rev.1995), the Commission has "full power and authority to determine all questions relating to the payment of claims for compensation.”
Charles Wright v. Turan-Foley Motors, Inc., 269 So. 3d 160 (Miss. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “15 See also Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-47 (Rev. 2011) (providing that “the details of practice and procedure in the settlement and adjudication of claims shall be determined by rules of the [C]ommission.”
Cook v. Home Depot, 81 So. 3d 1041 (Miss. 2012).
· cites it 3× “8, 2012) (“These Rules shall be in effect and shall apply to all claims or matters pending before the Commission as of the effective date of the Rules [April 1, 2001], and to all matters or claims thereafter filed.”
Pulliam v. Mississippi State Hudspeth Reg'l Ctr., 147 So. 3d 864 (Miss. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 2× “Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission Procedural Rule 8 provides that the rules of evidence are relaxed at evidentiary hearings. Procedural Rule 9(4) provides an objecting party with fifteen days to object after receipt of notice of an intent to use an affidavit to admit…”
Hamilton v. Southwire Co., 191 So. 3d 1275 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016).
“Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-47 (Rev.2011); Barq’s Bottling Co.”
Kitchens v. Jerry Vowell Logging, 874 So. 2d 456 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-47 (Rev.2000). That section alludes to the practice of using administrative judges in the initial stages of the process: Informal conferences and hearings in contested cases may be conducted by a duly authorized representative of the commission.”
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