· 10/24/1973
Beam v. State Workmen's Compensation Fund
Citations
- 200 S.E.2d 83
- 261 S.C. 327
- 1973 S.C. LEXIS 254
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding employee’s injury in car accident while travelling to meeting at express direction of employer was “within the course of employment and duties”
- holding compensable teacher's death while traveling to a meeting of the S.C. Educational Association
- holding compensable teacher’s death while traveling to a meeting of the S.C. Educational Association
- affirming award of compensation for two teachers who died in an automobile accident on their way to a meeting
- affirming award of compensation for two teachers who died in an automobile accident on their way to a meeting
- noting “[i]t is sufficient if the employee is engaged in a pursuit or undertaking consistent with his contract of hire and which in some logical manner pertains to or is incidental to his employment.”
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Judges: Moss, Lewis, Bussey, Brailsford, Littlejohn
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