The South Carolina Court of Appeals recently ruled that an injury sustained during an employee's unauthorized use of a company vehicle wasn't compensable under the state's workers' compensation laws.In Pratt v. Morris Roofing, Inc., S.C. Ct. App. (No. 3591, 1/21/03), Morris Roofing, a roofing and subcontracting business, provides its employees with transportation to and from work each day. A Morris Roofing employee occasionally drove a company vehicle to and from work. But after repeatedly arriving to work late, he was instructed to turn over his keys and clearly advised not to drive the truc...
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