Legal Opinion
Dukes v. Rural Metro Corp.
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided July 23, 2001No. 3372PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHULER, Judge:
Rural Metro Corporation and its carrier, Reliance National Indemnity Co., appeal the circuit court’s order affirming a workers’ compensation award to Richard Dukes. We affirm.
*372FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Rural Metro Corporation employed Richard Dukes as an emergency medical technician at its base in Walterboro, South Carolina. On October 7, 1997, Dukes, accompanied by his partner, Terry Salzman, left his office to take a smoking break in a designated area outside the building. Because Dukes and Salzman shared a mutual interest in guns, Salzman retrieved a newly purchased pistol and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Shealy v. Aiken CountySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
- Douglas v. Spartan Mills, Startex DivisionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965
- Broughton v. South of the BorderCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1999
- Mack v. Post ExchangeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1945
- Osteen v. Greenville County School DistrictSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Eaddy v. Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 2003
- Dukes v. Rural Metro Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2003