LOCKRIDGE v. SANTENS OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 3298.

344 S.C. 511 (2001)

544 S.E.2d 842

Perry W. LOCKRIDGE, Appellant, v. SANTENS OF AMERICA, INC., Employer and South Carolina Chamber Fund/Sedgwick James of the Carolinas, Carrier, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided February 20, 2001.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Thompson, Jr., of Thompson & King, of Anderson, for appellant.

Wm. Douglas Gray and Reginald M. Gay, both of Watkins, Vandiver, Kirven, Gable & Gray, of Anderson, for respondents.


STILWELL, Judge:

In a decision affirmed by the workers' compensation commission and the circuit court, the single commissioner found Perry W. Lockridge was not entitled to benefits, concluding his heart attack was not an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. Lockridge appeals. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In February 1994, Santens of America, a manufacturer of towels, hired Lockridge as a lead man on the weekend shift. A...

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