The probability of the happening of any other contingency affecting the amount or duration of the compensation shall be disregarded. The [C]ommission shall be the sole judge as to whether or not a lump-sum payment shall be to the best interest of the injured worker or his dependents. (Emphasis added). According to the plain language of the statute, the “probability of the death of the injured employee ... shall be determined in accordance with validated actuarial tables or factors,” and the Commission shall disregard the “probability of the happening of any other contingency affecting the amount or duration of the compensation[.]” Id. The use of the word “shall” makes these provisions mandatory. See, e.g., Pickering v. Langston Law Firm, P.A., 88 So.3d 1269, 1275 (¶ 21) (Miss.2012) (<HOLDING>). Further, this Court is “bound to follow a
holding that the statute is mandatory holding that a states use of the word shall is mandatory language recognizing that shall will and must are all mandatory terms holding that where a statute includes the mandatory term shall an appellate court does not view its restriction as a suggestion  it is a mandate holding that the term shall is mandatory for purposes of statutory construction when the statute is unambiguous