Skipper v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Rhodes, Justice:

This is an appeal pursuant to the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Section 42-1-10, et seq., of the 1976 Code. The Single Commissioner, Full Commission, and Circuit Court resolved all issues against the employer-appellant. It is axiomatic that the Commission is the fact finder in Workmen’s Compensation cases. Neither the Circuit Court nor this Court may substitute its opinion of the facts when the Commission’s findings are supported by competent evidence. Robinson v. City of Cayce, 265 S. C. 441, 219 S. E. (2d) 835 (1975). Our basic inquiry in this case is whether the Commission’s…