Porter v. Labor Depot

ANDERSON, J.:

In this workers’ compensation action, the Appellate Panel of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission (SCWCC) found Claimant Isiah Porter (Porter) and Labor Depot did not have an employer-employee relationship. Accordingly, the Appellate Panel did not have jurisdiction to award benefits. The circuit court affirmed the Decision and Order of the Appellate Panel. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Porter was injured on August 4, 2002, when he fell approximately twenty to thirty feet while allegedly working as a Labor Depot employee on the Strom Thurmond Fitness Center…