Morris v. South Carolina State Highway Department

(dissenting) :

This case does not involve, I think, any complex issue of statutory construction, strict or otherwise. Under the settled law of this State governmental entities have no business except “official business” and therefore the statu*376tory phrase “while in and about the official business of such governmental entity” merely imposes the requirement that the employee be about the business of the employer. If such language had been omitted I think the meaning and effect thereof would have to be implied.

The purpose of code section 10-2623 is to put governmental entities, subject to certain…