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ZEIGLER v. S.C. LAW ENFORCEMENT DIV.

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250 S.C. 326 (1967)

157 S.E.2d 598

Mrs. Gene G. ZEIGLER, Respondent, v. S.C. LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION and State Workmen's Compensation Fund, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 3, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and Law, Kirkland, Aaron & Alley, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Messrs, Whaley, McCutchen, Blanton & Richardson, of Columbia, for Respondent.

November 3, 1967.

LEWIS, Justice.

On June 20, 1964, John Byrd Zeigler, an agent of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, died from pistol shot wounds inflicted by a fellow agent, George H. Fender, Jr., during an altercation between the two men. The Industrial Commission made an award to Zeigler's widow for death benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act, upon factual findings that Zeigler's death resulted from an accident arising out of and in the...

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