Hill v. Jones

Lewis, Justice.

This Workmen’s Compensation case involves an appeal by the employer and the insurance carrier from an order of the lower court affirming an award by a majority of the Industrial Commission in favor of the respondent-employee.

Respondent sustained an injury to his left shoulder while about the construction site of a building at the John de la Howe School in McCormick County, South Carolina, where he was employed as a brickmason. He contended that the injuries were sustained when he fell from a scaffold while engaged in his work. Appellants denied liability and contended that,…