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KENNEDY v. WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY

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242 S.C. 477 (1963)

131 S.E.2d 512

J. Putnam KENNEDY, Respondent, v. WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY and State Workmen's Compensation Fund, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 10, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and David Aiken, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Messrs. Connor & Connor, of Kingstree, for Respondent.

June 10, 1963.

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation case, wherein defendants appeal from an Order of the Circuit Court affirming an award of the Industrial Commission in favor of claimant.

The plaintiff, J. Putnam Kennedy, was employed by Williamsburg County as a chain gang guard on September 9, 1958, on which date he was attacked by two prisoners, resulting in lacerations and contusions...

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