Shatto v. McLeod Regional Medical Center

In this workers’ compensation case, we granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the court of *473appeals in Shatto v. McLeod Regional Medical Center, 394 S.C. 552, 716 S.E.2d 446 (Ct.App.2011). This case presents the familiar tension in the workers’ compensation arena in distinguishing between an employee and an independent contractor. Petitioner Mildred H. Shatto sought workers’ compensation benefits, claiming she was an employee of Respondent McLeod Regional Medical Center (McLeod Regional) when she fell in an operating room and was injured. McLeod Regional opposed…