Grice v. Graniteville Co.

Gregory, Justice:

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The South Carolina Industrial Commission (Commission) and the circuit court dismissed appellant Sara J. Grice’s claim on the ground that the Commission lacked jurisdiction over the claim. We affirm.

Appellant, a South Carolina resident, worked in the weave room at the Graniteville Company in South Carolina from 1953 to 1970. In 1971, she was hired by the Graniteville Company in Augusta, Georgia, where she worked until 1976.

Appellant suffered symptoms of the occupational disease byssinosis as far back as the mid to late 1960’s. Although…