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WOFFORD v. ETHYL CORP.

No. 24109.

447 S.E.2d 187 (1994)

Lee Ann Shuler WOFFORD, as Administrator of the Estate of William S. Wofford, Jr., Respondent, v. ETHYL CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan P. Pearson and Stephen C. Mitchell, both of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Columbia, for appellant.

Kenneth M. Suggs and D. Michael Kelly, both of Suggs & Kelly, Columbia, and A.F. Carter, III, Orangeburg, for respondent.

HARWELL, Chief Justice:

Ethyl Corporation (Employer) contends that the trial judge erred in ordering it to allow Lee Ann Shuler Wofford (Administrator) to enter its plant for the purpose of inspecting the site where William S. Wofford, Jr. (Decedent) was injured even though no civil action existed to which discovery was relevant. We disagree and affirm.

I. Facts

Decedent sustained a fatal on-the-job injury at Employer's plant. After Employer...

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