Brittingham v. Williams Sign Erectors, Inc.

Plaintiff-Appellant Shelba Jean Brittingham, Administratrix of the Estate of Mark R. Brittingham, brings this survival/wrongful death action against Defendants Williams Sign Erectors, Inc., Jones & Frank Oil Equipment Corporation, Sanders Brothers, Inc., and Morrisette, Cederquist, Bondurant & Associates alleging negligence proximately causing the death of her intestate. The circuit court granted the motions of Defendant Sanders and Defendant Jones & Frank to dismiss, holding they were statutory employers under the Workers’ Compensation law of South Carolina and were accordingly immune.

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