Staffing Company Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Car Accident on Private Road

The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a staffing company employee’s injuries from a single-vehicle accident on a private road were compensable because he had been instructed to use the road to access his worksite. Case: Cook v. Condustrial Inc., No. 2020-001236, 09/10/2025, unpublished. Facts: Ryan Cook worked for Condustrial Inc., a specialized staffing company providing skilled labor for a variety of clients. Condustrial assigned Cook to work for Phillips Industrial, which had a contract for work at the British Petroleum plant. According to Cook, at the end of each wor...