Goff v. Mills

Lewis, Chief Justice.

Appeal is taken by the employer and insurance carrier from an order of the circuit court reversing a decision of the South Carolina Industrial Commission which had previously affirmed the finding of a single commissioner. We affirm the order of the circuit court.

Respondent filed a claim for Workmen’s Compensation benefits in January 1979. The record shows that on April 5, 1978, the claimant had been definitively diagnosed as disabled by reason of an occupational disease, specifically byssinosis. The Industrial Commission found that the claimant had been disabled by this…