Johnson v. Kohler Company ( 2013 )

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
Marshall Corbin Johnson, Employee, Respondent,
v.
Kohler Company, Self Insured, Carrier, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2011-205450
Appeal From The Workers' Compensation Commission
Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-050
Submitted December 3, 2012 – Filed January 30, 2013
AFFIRMED
Russell Thomas Infinger and Tracey Robin Perlman,
both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.
Patrick E. Knie, of Patrick E. Knie, PA, of Spartanburg,
for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Hall v. Desert Aire, Inc., 376 S.C. 338, 347, 656 S.E.2d 753, 757 (Ct.
App. 2007) ("Any review of the Appellate Panel's factual findings is governed by
the substantial evidence standard."); id. at 348, 656 S.E.2d at 758 ("Where there
are conflicts in the evidence over a factual issue, the findings of the Appellate
Panel are conclusive."); McCuen v. BMW Mfg. Corp., 383 S.C. 19, 24, 677 S.E.2d
28, 31 (Ct. App. 2009) ("An injury arises out of employment if a causal
relationship between the conditions under which the work is to be performed and
the resulting injury is apparent to the rational mind, upon consideration of all the
circumstances."); Houston v. Deloach & Deloach, 378 S.C. 543, 555, 663 S.E.2d
85, 91 (Ct. App. 2008) ("An injury occurs in the course of employment within the
meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act when it occurs within the period of
employment at a place where the employee reasonably may be in the performance
of his duties and while fulfilling those duties or engaged in something incidental
thereto." (internal quotation marks omitted)).
AFFIRMED.1
HUFF, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.