Walters v. Blackledge

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “[a]s between employee and employer, the [Workers’ Compensation] [A]ct abolishes all right of recovery in ordinary cases ... and[,] therefore[,] leaves nothing to be tried by [a] jury”
• Mississippi workmen’s compensation law does not violate separation of powers doctrine, as boards or commissions are merely administrative agencies that do not have final authority to decide and render enforceable judgments
• “The due process required by the Federal Constitution is the same ‘due process of law’ required by Section 14 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi . . . .”
• legislature may alter common law so long as does not affect vested rights
• Workmen’s Compensation law not violative of right to trial by jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).