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FREEMAN MECHANICAL v. J.W. BATESON CO.

No. 24116.

447 S.E.2d 197 (1994)

FREEMAN MECHANICAL, INC., Appellant, v. J.W. BATESON CO., INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., Francis M. Mack, and Deborah L. Harrison, of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, P.A., Columbia, for appellant.

Herbert W. Hamilton, of Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, Rock Hill, for respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

Appellant, subcontractor, claims the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment to the respondent, prime contractor, on appellant's action for common law indemnity where appellant paid workers' compensation benefits to its own employee for an on-thejob injury which was caused by the prime contractor's negligence. We affirm.

FACTS

J.W. Bateson Co., Inc. ("Bateson") was the general contractor for the construction of...

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