Legal Opinion
Kearse v. South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 1, 1960No. 17675PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court affirming an award of compensation made by the Industrial Commission.
Claimant, James Clyde Kearse, who was employed by the South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department as a game warden, suffered a cerebral thrombosis on May 11, 1958, causing partial paralysis and total disability. He was then 63 years of age. The Industrial Commission found that the thrombosis was precipitated by unusually strenuous activity between May 5th and May 11, 1958, and constituted a compensable accident.
Kearse had been a game warden for…
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