Workers’ Compensation
Areas Of Concentration
Related Industries
- Agribusiness
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banks & Credit Unions
- Closely Held & Family-Owned Companies
- Construction
- Educational Institutions
- Energy
- Food & Beverage
- Forestry
- Governmental Entities
- Health Care
- Hospitality (casinos, hotels, restaurants)
- Information Technology
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Real Estate
- Retail
From the inception of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Act in 1948, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell attorneys have been at the forefront of all aspects of workers' compensation practice. Formalized in the early 1980s, the Workers' Compensation Practice Group has, from the outset, been comprised of attorneys whose practices concentrate almost exclusively in the area of workers' compensation law, giving the firm a consistent and prominent presence before the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission, where it has long been an effective voice for employers and carriers. Daniel Coker workers' compensation attorneys have further garnered the respect of their peers, as reflected in the U.S. News and World Report's Best Law Firms Metropolitan First-Tier ranking for all three of the firm's offices - Gulfport, Jackson, and Oxford - with Best Lawyers© recognized attorneys located in each of the offices.
As the firm's Gulfport office overlooks the Gulf of Mexico and the Port of Gulfport, Daniel Coker attorneys also defend cases brought under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Additionally, the firm represents employers and carriers in Louisiana workers' compensation actions. The Workers' Compensation Practice Group also offers specialized qualified continuing education programs and updates for clients, risk managers and claims adjusters, and is available for ongoing consultation, onsite client visits, and seminars.
News
- August 20, 2020
- June 2020
- November 1, 2019
- April 2019
- December 2017
- August 15, 2017
- August 15, 2017
- March 2017
- December 2016
- November 2, 2016
- August 15, 2016
- November 14, 2014
Speaking Engagements
- Sandestin, Florida, July 11, 2017
- Biloxi, Mississippi, April 21, 2017
- Biloxi, Mississippi, April 20, 2017
- Biloxi, Mississippi, April 2016
- MCSOL, Jackson, Mississippi, December 4, 2015
- Embassy Suites, Ridgeland, MS, June 19, 2015
Recent Victories
- December 2019
- October 14, 2016
- October 2016
- September 2015
- May 2015
- February 2015
- April 2014
- October 2013
- 2013
- December 2012
- May 2012
- December 2011
- July 2011
Reported Cases
- Brown v. Ill. Tool Works, Inc., 2014 Miss. LEXIS 188 (Miss. 2014)
- Ball v. Ashley Furniture Indus., 71 So. 3d 1251 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011)
- Peters v. Belk, Inc., 67 So. 3d 805 (Miss. 2011)
- Mixon v. Greywolf Drilling Co., LP, 62 So. 3d 414 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010)
- Odom v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., 22 So. 3d 362 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009)