South Carolina Employee Leasing Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of South Carolina or Court of Appeals of South Carolina where the terms employee leasing has been mentioned. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Schurlknight v. City of North Charleston - 3/26/2001
Appeal From Charleston County
R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Heard October 10, 2000
AFFIRMED
In a decision affirmed by the workers' compensation commission and the circuit court, the single...
Gilfillin v. Gilfillin - 3/26/2001
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Appeal From Greenville County
W. Frank Rogers, Jr., Family Court Judge
Heard June 20, 2000
REVERSED
James Gilfillin ("Husband") was granted a divorce from his...
Breeden v. TCW - 3/12/2001
Appeal From Colleton County Gerald C. Smoak, Sr., Circuit Court Judge
Heard February 7, 2001
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED
TCW, Inc./Tennessee Express (Employer) and its workers' compensation...
Aaron v. Viro Group - 2/26/2001
Appeal From Lexington County Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge
Heard January 9, 2001
REVERSED AND REMANDED
William L. Aaron ("Aaron") appeals an order of the Circuit Court, which affirmed the determination of the...
Ferguson v. Charleston Lincoln/Mercury - 2/20/2001
Appeal From Charleston County
R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Daniel E. Martin, Sr., Circuit Court Judge
Heard December 12, 2000
AFFIRMED IN PART AND REMANDED IN PART
Howard Ferguson (Mr....
Lockridge v. Santens of America - 2/20/2001
Appeal From Anderson County Thomas J. Ervin, Circuit Court Judge
Heard October 12, 2000
AFFIRMED
In a decision affirmed by the workers' compensation commission and the circuit court, the single commissioner found...
Davis v. Orange-Calhoun Law Enforcement Commission - 1/29/2001
Appeal From Orangeburg County Donald W. Beatty, Circuit Court Judge
Heard September 13, 2000
REVERSED
In this wrongful discharge action, the Orangeburg-Calhoun Law Enforcement Commission ("OCLEC") appeals from a jury...
Drew v. Waffle House - 6/12/2000
Appeal From Jasper County Gerald C. Smoak, Sr., Circuit Court Judge
Heard February 10, 2000
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART
In this wrongful termination case, a jury determined Waffle House, Inc. violated the...
Hodges v. Rainey - 6/12/2000
Heard February 15, 2000
IN THE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
Governor Jim Hodges ("Governor Hodges") initiated this action in the original jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to Rule 229, SCACR to clarify his authority to remove...
Burns v. Universal Health Services Inc. - 5/22/2000
Appeal From Aiken County Rodney A. Peeples, Circuit Court Judge
Heard January 11, 2000
REVERSED
Katherine Burns (Burns) appeals from the trial court's assessment of sanctions. We reverse.
FACTS
Burns...
Branch v. City of Myrtle Beach - 5/15/2000
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Appeal From Horry County J. Stanton Cross, Jr., Special Circuit Judge
Heard March 9, 2000
REVERSED
This case is an appeal from a Court of Appeals' opinion finding...
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Calcutt - 5/1/2000
Appeal From Calhoun County John L. Breeden, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Heard March 9, 2000
REVERSED
This appeal arises from a declaratory judgment action to construe the provisions of an automobile insurance policy. At...
Stuckey v. State Budget and Control Board - 3/20/2000
Appeal From Richland County Jackson V. Gregory, Circuit Court Judge
Heard November 16, 1999
AFFIRMED
This appeal is from a circuit court order affirming respondent State Budget and Control Board's (Board's) final...
Gray v. The Club Group - 2/22/2000
Appeal From Beaufort County
Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge
Heard January 12, 2000
AFFIRMED
The Club Group, Ltd. (Club Group) appeals the Circuit Court's decision affirming the Workers' Compensation...
Leroy v. Ford - 2/22/2000
AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED
Appeal From Lexington County Edward B. Cottingham, Circuit Court Judge Submitted January 26, 2000
Petitioners filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the Court of Appeals' decision...
Meyer v. Piggly Wiggly No. 24 - 2/14/2000
Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. S.E. 2d
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Appeal From Charleston County John L. Breeden, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Heard December 1, 1999
AFFIRMED
We granted a writ of...
City of Greenville v. Second Injury Fund - 2/7/2000
Appeal From Greenville County Larry R. Patterson, Circuit Court Judge
Heard December 7, 1999
AFFIRMED
In this Worker's Compensation case, the City of Greenville (City) appeals from a circuit court order affirming the...
Harrell v. Pineland Plantation - 11/22/1999
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Appeal From Colleton County L. Henry McKellar, Circuit Court Judge
Heard March 16, 1999
AFFIRMED IN RESULT
This case involves a tort suit brought by respondent...
Glover v. United States - 11/22/1999
Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. S.E. 2d
United States District Court Patrick Michael Duffy, Jr.
Heard March 16, 1999
CERTIFIED QUESTION ANSWERED
In this tort suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the federal...
Towles v. United Healthcare Corp. - 11/22/1999
Appeal From Richland County Jackson V. Gregory, Circuit Court Judge
Heard October 7, 1999
REVERSED
United HealthCare Corporation (United) appeals from a circuit court order denying United's motion to compel...
Duncan v. CRS Sirrine Engineers - 11/8/1999
Appeal From Greenville County Charles B. Simmons, Jr., Special Circuit Court Judge
Heard October 6, 1999
AFFIRMED
Donnie Duncan appeals an order granting CRS Sirrine Engineers, Inc. (Sirrine) and Fluor Daniel, Inc....
In re Godbold - 9/13/1999
In the Matter of William H. Godbold, III
Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. S.E. 2d
Submitted August 3, 1999
DISBARRED
In this attorney disciplinary matter, respondent and disciplinary counsel have entered into an agreement...
Smith v. SC Department of Mental Health - 6/28/1999
Smith v. SC Dept. of Mental Health, et al., Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. S.E. 2d
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Appeal From Richland County Larry R. Patterson, Circuit Court Judge
Heard May 27, 1999 ...
In re Miles - 6/1/1999
MATTER OF MILES
Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 19 S.E. 2d
Heard April 9, 1999
DEFINITE SUSPENSION
In this attorney grievance matter, Mary P. Miles (Respondent) is charged with engaging in misconduct in violation of...
Lester v. South Carolina Workers ' Compensation Commission - 3/22/1999
Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 12 S.E. 2d
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal From Charleston County Daniel E. Martin, Sr., Circuit Court Judge
Heard January 6, 1999
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART. ...
Getsinger v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. - 3/8/1999
Getsinger v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Appeal From Anderson County Alexander S. Macaulay, Circuit Court Judge
Submitted February 9, 1999
AFFIRMED
David Getsinger brought this action against Owens-Corning...
Reese v. Cci Construction Co. - 2/22/1999
Reese v. CCI Construction Co., et al.
Appeal From Lexington County Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge
Heard December 10, 1998
REVERSED AND REMANDED
In this workers' compensation case, Appellant, Charles...
Jennings v. Chambers Development Co. - 2/1/1999
ORDER
PER CURIAM: The Court granted the Petition for Rehearing in this matter and held oral argument. After careful consideration, the Court hereby orders that the opinion heretofore filed be withdrawn and the attached opinion be...
333 S.C. 432 - 12/29/1998
Appeal From Richland County John W. Kittredge, Circuit Court Judge
Heard November 4, 1998
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED.
This appeal follows the circuit court's reversal of the decision of the Board of...
In re Hall - 11/30/1998
MATTER OF HALL
Davis Adv. Sh. No. XX S.E. 2d
Heard October 20, 1998
INDEFINITE SUSPENSION
Attorney General Charles M. Condon and Senior Assistant Attorney General James G. Bogle, Jr., both of Columbia, for...
Buff v. State Department of Transportation - 8/31/1998
Appeal From Edgefield County Thomas J. Ervin, Circuit Court Judge
Heard June 2, 1998 - Filed August 31, 1998
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED
Respondents Gary Buff and Southeastern Freight Lines...
Branch v. City of Myrtle Beach - 8/31/1998
Appeal- From Horry County J. Stanton Cross, Jr., Master in Equity
Heard June 4, 1997 - Filed August 31, 1998
REVERSED AND REMANDED
Larry G. Branch, II and James P. Phalen, firefighters with the City of Myrtle Beach,...
Aughtry v. Abbeville County School District 60 - 8/13/1998
Appeal From Greenwood County C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Submitted August 13, 1998
The Honorable C. Victor Pyle, Jr. Greenwood County Trial Court Case No. 96-CP-24-296
ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR...
Jennings v. Chambers Development Co. - 8/10/1998
Appeal From Hampton County Gerald C. Smoak, Circuit Court Judge
Submitted June 2, 1998
REVERSED
Mrs. Eddie Louise Jennings (claimant) brought this workers' compensation claim for death benefits following the death of...
Holy Loch Distributors Inc. v. Hitchcock - 6/29/1998
Appeal From Charleston County L. Henry McKellar, Circuit Court Judge
Submitted June 2, 1998
REVERSED AND REMANDED
Foreign plaintiffs George Hart and Ann Law brought this action against their attorneys for failing to...
Jones v. General Electric Co. - 5/4/1998
Appeal From Greenville County Daniel F. Pieper, Circuit Court Judge
Submitted April 7, 1998
REVERSED AND REMANDED
This is a wrongful termination case involving an employee handbook. Roy Todd Jones appeals the trial...
South Carolina Second Injury Fund v. American Yard Products - 2/23/1998
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
REVERSED AND REMANDED
Petitioner American Yard Products (AYP) sought reimbursement from Respondent South Carolina Second Injury Fund (the Fund) for workers' compensation...
Clade v. Champion Laboratories and Continental Insurance Co. - 2/23/1998
Heard December 17, 1997
AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED
This Court granted certiorari to consider the opinion of the Court of Appeals in Clade v. Champion Lab., Op. No. 96-UP- 402 (S.C. Ct. App. filed November 14, 1996). We affirm as...
Keckley v. Northwestern National Casualty Company - 2/17/1998
Appeal From Hampton County R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Submitted February 3, 1998
AFFIRMED
This is a third-party action on an insurance-policy. Rosalind Kleckley appeals the circuit court's dismissal...
Lake v. Reeder Construction Co. - 2/17/1998
Appeal From Greenwood County C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Submitted February 3, 1998
In this Workers' Compensation case, the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Uninsured Employers' Fund (the...
Baggott v. Southern Music Inc. - 2/9/1998
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Appeal From Orangeburg County Charles W. Whetstone, Jr., Judge
Heard December 2, 1997
REVERSED
In this workers' compensation case, the single commissioner awarded...
In re Kirkland - 2/9/1998
Heard February 20, 1997
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED
In this workers' compensation matter, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company appeals the circuit court's decision requiring it to fully satisfy the...
MINOR v. PHILIPS PRODUCTS - 12/29/1997
Appellants Philips Products and Gallagher Basset appeal the circuit court judge's order upholding a determination by the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission that
Minor sought
Appellants contend it was error to...
STATE v. BRIDGERS - 12/29/1997
In this action involving the interpretation of S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1040 (Supp. 1996), we review the Court of Appeals' finding that Highway Patrol officers are not "public officials" within the meaning of the statute. We reverse the...
EVANS v. COATS & CLARK - 9/29/1997
Annie Evans appeals a circuit court order upholding a determination by the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission that she did not sustain an injury by accident arising out of and within the course and scope of her employment...
ROGERS v. SPARTANBURG REGIONAL MED. CTR. - 8/18/1997
In this workers' compensation action, the circuit court affirmed the commission and held Martha L. Rogers met the requirements for filing a claim under S.C. Code Ann. § 42-15-40 (1976 & Supp. 1996). Spartanburg Regional Medical...
PRESCOTT v. FARMERS TELEPHONE CO-OP. - 8/18/1997
In this action, Prescott sued his former employer, Farmer's Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (FTC), for unlawful termination. Prescott appeals from the grant of summary judgment to FTC
I. FACTS
Prescott began working for FTC...
PEARSON v. JPS CONVERTER & INDUS. CORP. - 6/9/1997
Appellants JPS Converter & Industrial Corporation, and Hewitt, Coleman & Associates, (hereinafter "Employer") appeal the order of the single commissioner and the full commission, as affirmed by the circuit court, awarding...
SILVERMAN v. CAMPBELL - 5/27/1997
This is an appeal from an order which, in pertinent part, denied appellants' summary judgment motions and declared two parts of the South Carolina Constitution violative of the United States Constitution. We affirm the constitutional...
MOORE v. BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DIST. - 5/12/1997
This is a tort action by a student against his teacher and a school district pursuant to the South Carolina Tort Claims Act. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the Berkeley County School District (District). The...
BROWN v. PEARSON - 3/10/1997
Church members Colin Brown, Tanya Brown, Jeannie Crittenden, Richard Crittenden, and Nancy Bryson brought this action against the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church ("the Conference") and its district...
SHELTON v. OSCAR MAYER FOODS - 2/18/1997
Shelton claims the trial court and the Court of Appeals erred in holding the factual issues determined during a con-
FACTS
Shelton was employed at the Louis Rich processing plant in Newberry, South Carolina. In 1987, William...
KEN MOORHEAD OIL v. FEDERATED MUTUAL - 9/23/1996
The circuit court ruled that certain statutes enacted in 1990 and 1992 deny Federated any right to Superb Account funds, notwithstanding Federated's payment of insurance funds to Moorhead Oil. Federated argues that the circuit...
ADKINS v. COMCAR INDUSTRIES - 9/3/1996
We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in Adkins v. Comcar Industries, Inc. 316 S.C. 149, 447 S.E.2d 228 (Ct. App. 1994). We affirm.
FACTS
John Adkins (Father) sought to recover workers' compensation...
ORR v. ELASTOMERIC PRODUCTS - 8/19/1996
Julie Ann Orr appeals a decision of the circuit court affirming an order of the
Orr injured her back in the course and scope of her employment on February 19, 1990, while lifting a box of parts. She received conservative...
GAMBLE v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER REALTY CORP. - 8/19/1996
FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Lynn Gamble ("Employee") began working for International Paper ("Business") in 1986. In 1992, Employee's duties included data entry of inventory information for Business's golf pro shop. This...
STRICKLAND v. BOWATER - 6/17/1996
In this workers' compensation case, the appellant, Richard Strickland, a quadriplegic, argues the commission erred when it failed to require the respondents, Bowater, Inc. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Bowater), to pay the full...
MILLER v. CITY OF WEST COLUMBIA - 5/20/1996
FACTS
Doris Davis was a dispatcher at the West Columbia Police Department. On August 26, 1988, Davis telephoned G.F. Broom, Jr., City Administrator of West Columbia, and alleged that Ralph Miller, the Assistant Chief of...
IN THE MATTER OF FULLWOOD - 5/20/1996
In this attorney grievance matter, both the Hearing Panel and the Executive Committee recommended that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law. We agree with the Hearing Panel's findings of misconduct and disbar respondent...
SCHENK v. NATIONAL HEALTH CARE - 4/29/1996
This is a wrongful termination action in which the court entered an order of default against National Health Care, Inc. and awarded Peggy Schenk $14,994 in damages as compensation for lost wages. National Health Care, Inc. appeals the...
EADIE v. H.A. SACK CO. - 3/18/1996
In July 1992, A.B. Garrick, H.A. Sack's project manager, hired Harold Eadie as project superintendent for the Winsor II construction project located on Hilton Head Island. Eadie worked for H.A. Sack on two prior occasions and had...
GILLIAM v. WOODSIDE MILLS - 8/28/1995
We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion reversing the circuit court and Workers' Compensation Commission decisions. At issue here is whether Respondent Louise Gilliam is limited to workers' compensation benefits...
FOX v. NEWBERRY CNTY. MEMORIAL HOSP. - 8/21/1995
This matter is before the Court on a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the Court of Appeals' decision in Fox v. Newberry County Memorial Hospital, 316 S.C. 537, 451 S.E.2d 28 (Ct.App. 1994). We deny certiorari as to...
DESKINS v. BOLTIN - 8/21/1995
This matter is before the Court on a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the Court of Appeal's decision in Deskins v. Boltin, 317 S.C. 310, 454 S.E.2d 322 (Ct. App. 1994). We grant certiorari, dispense with further...
BARR v. CLARENDON CO. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 2 - 8/7/1995
Dr. Felicia C. Barr (Barr) sought judicial review of a decision of the Clarendon County School Board (the Board) terminating her employment with the Clarendon County School District (the District). The circuit court reversed the...
GLOVER v. SUITT CONSTRUCTION CO - 6/19/1995
The sole issue in this Worker's Compensation case is whether lump sum attorney's fees may be awarded when an injured employee is awarded lifetime benefits. We hold that they may and, accordingly, affirm the ruling of the trial court. ...
LIBERTY MUTUAL INS. CO. v. S.C. SEC. INJURY FUND - 6/19/1995
This is an appeal from the circuit court's order reversing appellant's (Fund's) decision denying reimbursement to respondent (Liberty). We affirm in part and reverse in part.
FACTS
Leroy Small, an employee of Frazier Land...
O'BANNER v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP. - 6/12/1995
In this workers' compensation action, the single commissioner granted the stop payment application filed by the employer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse), thereby terminating temporary total benefits to the claimant,...
GOODMAN v. CITY OF COLUMBIA - 5/30/1995
We granted certiorari to review the opinion of the Court of Appeals in Goodman v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 93-UP-221 (filed August 4, 1993; amended opinion refiled November 3, 1993 and withdrawn; amended opinion refiled November 15,...
PARSONS v. GEORGETOWN STEEL - 3/13/1995
Ernest Parsons (Parsons) appeals the circuit court's affirmance of the Workers' Compensation Commission's order denying payment for psychiatric treatment. We affirm.
FACTS
Appellant Parsons was injured in a work-related...
TRANSPORTATION INS. CO. v. S.C. SECOND INJURY FUND - 3/13/1995
The Second Injury Fund appeals the circuit court's order requiring it to reimburse respondent for the purchase price of an Benefits Settlement Option. We affirm.
FACTS
This action arose out of a claim by Transportation...
GATTISON v. S.C. STATE COLLEGE - 3/13/1995
Leonard Gattison sued S.C. State University under the Whistleblower Act and sued the named individual defendants
APPEAL OF S.C. STATE UNIVERSITY
S.C. State University seeks a new trial on the whistleblower cause of action...
DESKINS v. BOLTIN - 12/28/1994
Wallace Boltin and MSI Construction Co., Inc. appeal the denial of their motion to dismiss the negligence action brought against them by Billy Deskins. Boltin and MSI moved pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1), SCRCP, asserting the circuit court...
WRIGHT v. MARLBORO CNTY. SCHOOL DISTRICT - 12/12/1994
Gene T. Wright brought this action against his former employer, the Marlboro County School District, under the South Carolina Whistleblower Statute, S.C. Code Ann. § 8-27-30 (Supp. 1993). The District moved for summary judgment,...
BYRD v. STACKHOUSE SHEET METAL WORKS - 11/28/1994
This appeal arises from the denial of workers' compensation benefits to Clarence Byrd, who was killed in an automobile
I.
The facts in this case are undisputed. Byrd died in an automobile accident while driving his truck home...
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