Yates v. Life Ins. Co. of Georgia

Goolsby, Judge:

This is a workers’ compensation case where the issue we are asked to decide is whether injuries resulting from a suicide attempt are compensable. The single commissioner awarded benefits. The full commission, in a divided decision, affirmed the award. The circuit court reversed. Yates appeals. We affirm.

In September 1981, Yates left the University of South Carolina, where he attended college, to take a job with the Life Insurance Company of Georgia. He stárted work as a sales agent but soon became a “debit” salesman. As a debit salesman, he collected insurance premiums as well…