Court Finds Injured Worker Was Employee of Cousin's Company

The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the weight of the record evidence established that a construction worker was an employee of his cousin’s company at the time he suffered injuries in a fall from an extension ladder. Case: Sellers v. Tech Service, No. 2015-001676, 08/09/2017, published. Facts: Stacey Sellers fell from a 30-foot extension ladder while performing construction work at a single-family home in the Market Commons subdivision in Myrtle Beach. Prior to this accident, Sellers had purchased a workers’ compensation insurance policy from Riverport Insurance Co. ...