Thomas v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Bussey, Justice:

In this Workmen’s Compensation case, claimants-appellants, as the beneficiaries of one A. Lester Thomas, deceased, an employee of the South Carolina Highway Department, were awarded benefits by the Industrial Commission, and the appeal is from an order of the circuit court reversing such award for lack of any competent evidence to support the same.

The deceased, Thomas, was one of eight mechanics employed by the Department at Moncks Corner, South Carolina, charged with the duty of maintaining approximately 162 school buses which served Berkeley County. Thomas lived near Huger,…