Title: Cook v. MacK's Transfer & Storage
Citation: 292 S.C. 230, 355 S.E.2d 861
Docket Number: N/A
State: south-carolina
Issuer: south-carolina Supreme Court
Date: May 6, 1987

292 S.C. 230 (1987) 355 S.E.2d 861 Kenneth COOK, Petitioner v. MACK'S TRANSFER &amp; STORAGE, Mayfield &amp; Taylor and United States Fidelity &amp; Guaranty Company, of whom Mack's Transfer &amp; Storage and United Fidelity &amp; Guaranty Company, are Respondents. Supreme Court of South Carolina. May 6, 1987. 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 &amp; Storage, 291 S.C. 84, 352 S.E. (2d) 296 (Ct. App. 1986). *231 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.