Mitchell v. Exxon Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““Before the trial judge decides to commute an award he ought to be able to ascribe a good reason therefor arising from the evidence produced before him. The employee bears the burden of showing that it is in his best interest that the award be commuted rather than paid in installments. The reason most commonly advanced for commuting an award is that the plaintiff has some special need for receiving the money in a lump sum, as in the Smith and Kelley cases, supra. See, also, 82 Am.Jur.2d Workmen’s Compensation § 654 (1976).” 665 S.W.2d at 715.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Flowers v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.