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LEWIS v. L.B. DYNASTY, INC.

No. 5032.

400 S.C. 129 (2012)

732 S.E.2d 662

LeAndra LEWIS, Appellant, v. L.B. DYNASTY, INC., d/b/a Boom Boom Room Studio 54 and the South Carolina Uninsured Employers' Fund, Defendants, Of whom the South Carolina Uninsured Employers' Fund is Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided September 5, 2012.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Burnette, III , Burnette & Payne, PA, of Rock Hill , Blake A. Hewitt and John S. Nichols , Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Lisa C. Glover , the South Carolina Uninsured Employers' Fund, of Columbia, for Respondent.

FEW, C.J.

LeAndra Lewis worked as a dancer in various "exotic dance clubs" throughout North and South Carolina. On June 23, 2008, she was shot while dancing at the Boom Boom Room Studio 54 on Two Notch Road in Columbia, South Carolina. The workers' compensation commission held that she was not an employee of the club and therefore not entitled to benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act. We agree.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Lewis was nineteen...

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