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· 2/13/1957

Adams v. Davison-Paxon Co.

Citations

  • 96 S.E.2d 566
  • 230 S.C. 532
  • 1957 S.C. LEXIS 125

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • whether a worker is a statutory employee is a jurisdictional inquiry to be resolved by the court
  • whether the claim is within the Commission’s jurisdiction is for the court, including the factual issues
  • “[Whether the claim of an injured [worker] is within the jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission is a matter of law for decision by the court, which includes the findings of the facts which relate to jurisdiction.”
  • “ ‘[T]he basic purpose of the Compensation Act is the inclusion of employers and employees, and not their exclusion; and we add that doubs of jurisdiction must be resolved in favor of inclusion rather than exclusion.’ ”
  • discussing the predecessor statute of Section 42-1^00
  • Davis Adv. Sh. No. 2 at 23

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Stukes, Taylor, Oxner, Moss, Henderson

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