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VUNCANNON v. U.S.

No. 12-60435.

711 F.3d 536 (2013)

Timmy VUNCANNON, Plaintiff Tippah County, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant Mississippi Public Entities Workers' Compensation Trust, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Sean Akins , Akins & Adams, P.A., Ripley, MS, for Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joshua Jerome Wiener , Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, P.L.L.C., Ridgeland, MS, for Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and SMITH and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case asks whether plaintiff Timmy Vuncannon, a county jail inmate, was covered under the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Act ("MWCA") and thus is entitled to compensation benefits for injuries sustained while he was laboring on a work detail program maintained by Appellant Tippah County ("the County"). The incarcerating county and the medical corporation that treated Vuncannon seek reimbursement of medical expenses from Appellee, Mississippi Public...

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