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· 3/13/1961

Wynn v. Peoples Natural Gas Co. of SC

Citations

  • 118 S.E.2d 812
  • 238 S.C. 1
  • 1961 S.C. LEXIS 67

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  • reversing commission’s finding where the claimant’s bare assertion that he could not work was not corroborated by his physicians
  • claimant’s work hours increased from 8V2 to 16 hours per day before heart attack
  • criterion of an injured employee’s right to compensation is whether employee’s injury lessened his earning capacity and deprived him wholly or partially of the power to obtain employment
  • \Total disability does not require complete helplessness. Inability to perform common labor is totally disabling for one who is not qualified by training or experience for any other employment.\

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Judges: Legge, Moss

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