Ancrum v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

This is a certified question regarding liability of a worker’s compensation insurance carrier for a negligent safety inspection of its insured’s plant. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 46, we accepted the following question on cer tification from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:

Does the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act, and its exclusive remedy provisions, bar an action by an employee, injured while acting in the course and scope of his employment, against the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier based upon that carrier’s negligence in performing…