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YORK v. LONGLANDS PLANTATION

Opinion No. 27950.

429 S.C. 570 (2020)

840 S.E.2d 544

Tyrone YORK, as personal representative for Timothy York (Deceased), Shirley York, and Yvonne Burns, Plaintiffs, Of Whom Yvonne Burns is the Respondent, and Shirley York is the Petitioner, v. LONGLANDS PLANTATION a.k.a Knollwood, Inc., and Companion Property and Casualty Group, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed March 4, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blake A. Hewitt , of Bluestein Thompson Sullivan, LLC, and Ann McCrowey Mickle , of Mickle & Bass, LLC, both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

William E. Jenkinson, III and John Thomas Thompson , both of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan, of Kingstree; Helen F. Hiser , of Mount Pleasant, and Jonathan B. Hylton , of Florence, both of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, for Respondents.

In this contest for death benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act, we must determine whether a girlfriend can qualify as a dependent. The commission found that because the girlfriend was engaged in an illicit relationship in violation of our fornication statute,1

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