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· 2/9/1998

Baggott v. Southern Music, Inc.

Citations

  • 496 S.E.2d 852
  • 330 S.C. 1
  • 1998 S.C. LEXIS 28

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing this Court's policy \to construe the Workers' Compensation Act in favor of coverage rather than exclusion.\
  • recognizing this Court’s policy “to construe the Workers’ Compensation Act in favor of coverage rather than exclusion.”
  • holding to be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act, an injury by accident must both “arise out of” and “in the course of” employment
  • “‘[A]rising out of’ refers to the origin of the cause of the accident; ‘in the course of’ refers to the time, place, and circumstances under which the injury occurred.”
  • decision of Workers’ Compensation Commission will not be overturned by reviewing court unless it is clearly unsupported by substantial evidence in the record
  • decision of Workers’ Compensation Commission will not be overturned by reviewing court unless it is clearly unsupported by substantial evidence in the record

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Judges: Burnett, Finney, Moore, Toal, Waller

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