Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 19th Edition by John Ashcroft,Katherine Ashcroft,Martha Patterson

Exercise 13

Thurman Mooneyham left Hugh Dancy Company Inc.'s (Dancy) employment but a year later, the office manager asked him to help clean out the construction shop. He spent four days per week there but was not put on the payroll, had no set schedule, and reported to no one. He received four checks from Dancy, for "reimbursement," "services rendered," "parts reimbursed," and "shop help." He suffered an injury while on the premises and filed a workers' compensation claim alleging that his injury was work-related. Was Mooneyham an employee eligible for workers' compensation? [Hugh Dancy Co. Inc. v. Mooneyham, 68 So.3d 76 (Miss. Ct. App.)]