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WILKES v. CHAPPELL

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276 S.C. 690 (1981)

281 S.E.2d 485

Anguish C. WILKES, Jeanette Wilkes, Widow, Debra Ann Phillips, Age 18, William Shealy, Age 17, George Shealy, Age 6, Minors, by Guardian ad Litem, Jeanette Wilkes, Claimants, v. H.P. CHAPPELL, Phyllis C. Chappell, and Chappell Transport, Inc., and South Carolina Insurance Company, Defendants, of whom H.P. Chappell, Phyllis C. Chappell, and Chappell Transport, Inc., and South Carolina Insurance Company, are Appellants, and Anguish C. Wilkes, Jeanette Wilkes, Widow, Debra Ann Phillips, Age 18, William Shealy, Age 17, George Shealy, Age 6, Minors, by Guardian ad Litem, Jeanette Wilkes, are Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Barnwell, Jr., of Horger, Horger & Barnwell, Orangeburg, for appellants.

Ronald J. Vaughn, of Cooper, Register & Vaughn, Lexington, for respondents.

August 19, 1981.

Per Curiam:

This is an appeal from a circuit court order affirming an Industrial Commission decision that William Shealy was entitled to continued workmen's compensation benefits as a statutory dependent of a deceased employee, who was killed while in the course of employment on December 2, 1977. As it is our determination that Shealy was no longer a dependent entitled to benefits, we reverse.

Section 42-9-290, S.C. Code (Cum...

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