Summary Judgment Granted To Insurer; Bad Faith, Fraud Claims Dismissed

( October 21, 2025, 8:20 AM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi federal magistrate judge entered final judgment dismissing a pro se employee’s bad faith and fraudulent misrepresentation claims with prejudice after granting an insurer’s summary judgment motion, finding that the state’s statutory workers’ compensation exclusivity provision precludes any recovery, that the employee failed to obtain a Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission determination declaring entitlement to disputed temporary total disability (TTD) benefits and that her fraud allegations lacked particularity....