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VINES v. CHAMPION BLDG. PRODUCTS

No. 23879.

431 S.E.2d 585 (1993)

Jerry Ray VINES, Respondent, v. CHAMPION BUILDING PRODUCTS, Employer, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Carrier, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 21, 1993.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weldon R. Johnson and R. Lewis Johnson both of Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, Columbia, for appellants.

G. William Thomason of Callison, Dorn, Thomason, Garrett & McCravey, P.A., Greenwood, for respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

In this workers' compensation case, the employer sought to avoid liability by having the employment relationship vitiated on the ground that the employee fraudulently denied any previous back injury. The Workers' Compensation Commission rejected the employer's defense and awarded benefits. The circuit court affirmed. The employer appeals. We find the employer failed to establish the necessary causal relationship between the misrepresentation and the...

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