Case Name: Kenneth COOK, Petitioner v. MACK'S TRANSFER & STORAGE, Mayfield & Taylor and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, of whom Mack's Transfer & Storage and United Fidelity & Guaranty Company, are Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1987-05-06
Citations: 292 S.C. 230
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kenneth COOK, Petitioner v. MACK’S TRANSFER & STORAGE, Mayfield & Taylor and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, of whom Mack’s Transfer & Storage and United Fidelity & Guaranty Company, are Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 292
Pages: 230–231

Head Matter:
Kenneth COOK, Petitioner v. MACK’S TRANSFER & STORAGE, Mayfield & Taylor and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, of whom Mack’s Transfer & Storage and United Fidelity & Guaranty Company, are Respondents.
(355 S. E. (2d) 861)
Supreme Court
May 6, 1987.

Opinion:
ORDER
Petitioner brought this action in circuit court for bad faith refusal to pay a worker's compensation claim. The Court of Appeals held that such an action could not be maintained because the Industrial Commission had exclusive jurisdiction over the claim. Cook v. Mack's Transfer & Storage, 291 S. C. 84, 352 S. E. (2d) 296 (Ct. App. 1986).
Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from this Court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 55. Because we agree with the decision of the Court of Appeals, the petition is denied.