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Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (2026)

Court review of compensation award

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The final award of the commission shall be conclusive and binding unless either party to the controversy shall, within thirty (30) days from the date of its filing in the office of the commission and notification to the parties, appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court.

Such appeal may be taken by filing notice of appeal with the commission, whereupon the commission shall under its certificate transmit to the Supreme Court all documents and papers on file in the matter, together with a transcript of the evidence, the findings, and award, which shall thereupon become the record of the cause. Appeals shall be considered only upon the record as made before the commission. The Supreme Court shall always be deemed open for hearing of such appeals. The Supreme Court shall review all questions of law and of fact. If no prejudicial error be found, the matter shall be affirmed and remanded to the commission for enforcement. If prejudicial error be found, the same shall be reversed and the Supreme Court shall enter such judgment or award as the commission should have entered. An appeal from the commission to the Supreme Court shall not act as a supersedeas unless the court shall so direct, and then upon such terms as such court shall direct.

No controversy shall be heard by the commission or an award of compensation made therein while the same matter is pending either before a federal court or in any court in this state.

Any award of compensation made by the Supreme Court shall bear the same interest and penalties as do other judgments awarded in circuit court.

Codes, 1942, § 6998-26; Laws, 1948, ch. 354, § 20; Laws, 1950, ch. 412, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 473, § 26; reenacted without change, Laws, 1990, ch. 405, § 27; Laws, 2011, ch. 389, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 43 cases, 1975–2019 · leading case: Johnson v. Sysco Food Servs., 86 So. 3d 242 (Miss. 2012).

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Johnson v. Sysco Food Servs., 86 So. 3d 242 (Miss. 2012). · cites it 6× “RANDOLPH, LAMAR, PIERCE AND KING, JJ., CONCUR. RANDOLPH, J., SPECIALLY CONCURS WITH SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION JOINED BY DICKINSON, P.”

Harper v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., 43 So. 3d 401 (Miss. 2010). · cites it 8× “Miss.Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (Rev. 2000) (emphasis added).”

Bickham v. Dep't of Mental Health, 592 So. 2d 96 (Miss. 1991). · cites it 4× “Clearly in both cases, the orders were not final, but interlocutory.”

Delta CMI v. Speck, 586 So. 2d 768 (Miss. 1991). · cites it 2× “The circuit court, acting pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (1972) [3] , reversed the order of the commission, ruling that the apportioned award granted was not supported by substantial evidence and awarded Speck all benefits provided under the act for permanent total…”

Short v. Wilson Meat House, LLC, 36 So. 3d 1247 (Miss. 2010). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (Rev.2000); Central Elec.”

COM'N ON ENV. QUALITY v. Chickasaw Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 621 So. 2d 1211 (Miss. 1993). “Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (1972) provides: The circuit court shall review all questions of law and of fact.”

Smith v. Jackson Const. Co., 607 So. 2d 1119 (Miss. 1992). “Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (1972); [repealed & reenacted without change 1990]; [2] Walker Manufacturing, 577 So.”

Fought v. Stuart C. Irby Co., 523 So. 2d 314 (Miss. 1988). “On July 24, 1986, the Circuit Court of Warren County summarily affirmed the Workers' Compensation Commission's findings of fact and law and order.”

Hamilton v. Southwire Co., 191 So. 3d 1275 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (Rev.2011). ¶ 19.”

Thomas v. Isle of Capri Casino & Cds, 781 So. 2d 125 (Miss. 2001). “That section, Miss.Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (2000), states that appeals of Commission decisions should be taken in "the circuit court of the county in which the injury occurred.”

Smith v. CompFirst/L.C. Indus., 186 So. 3d 873 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (Rev.2011) (conferring right to appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court from a -final Commission order within thirty days of its entry).”

Lanterman v. Roadway Exp., Inc., 608 So. 2d 1340 (Miss. 1992). “Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-51 (1972) [repealed and reenacted without change 1990] [3] ; Walker Manufacturing, 577 So.”

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