The shooting and killing of a suspect by a deputy sheriff while on duty is not an extraordinary and unusual employment condition such that mental injuries arising from the event would be compensable, South Carolina's highest court ruled in a 17-page decision which called on the state's Legislature to recognize mental injury claims without an accompanying physical manifestation. Case: Bentley v. Spartanburg County et al., No. 27140, 07/11/2012, published. Facts: Brandon Bentley, a deputy sheriff with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Department, was on "road patrol" on Oct. 21, 2009,...
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