SIMPKINS v. LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CAS. CO

Mr. Norbert A. Theodore and Mr. Heyward Brockinton, both of Columbia, Counsel for Appellant, cite: As to Employer or Insurance Carrier, over objection of next of kin of deceased employee, performing an autopsy: Workmen's Compensation Act, Sec. 27; 195 S.C. 330, 11 S.E.2d 386; 202 N.C. 176, 162 S.E. 223; 39 Ga. App. 273, 146 S.E. 641; 214 Ala. 332, 107 So. 905; 129 Kan. 100, 281 P. 860; 127 Me. 207, 142 A. 730; 155 Tenn. 34, 29 S.W. 19; 163 Tenn. 578, 44 S.W.2d 321; 67 Ind. App. 225, 119 N.E. 24; 68 Ind. App. 385, 120 N.E. 608; (Ind.), 21 N.E.2d 80. As to Cause of Action for Illegal Autopsy: (Mo.App.), 118 S.W.2d 116, and cases therein cited; (Ind.App.), 12 N.E.2d 360, and cases therein cited; (Tex., 1936), 99 S.W.2d 646; (1938, Same Case), 132 Tex. 280, 121 S.W.2d 986; (1941, Same Case), 149 S.W.2d 1071. As to right of surviving spouse to bring this action: 17 C.J., p. 1139; 25 C.J., p. 1017; 8 R.C.L., p. 686; 17 C.J., pp. 1144, 1145; 25 C.J.S., pp. 1025, 1028; 8 R.C.L., p. 695. Messrs. Sloan Sloan, of Columbia, Counsel for Respondent, cite: As to Employer or Insurance Carrier, over objection of next of kin of deceased employee, performing autopsy: 195 S.C. 330, p. 335, 11 S.E.2d 386; Workmen's Compensation Act, Sec. 4, Sec. 27; 193 S.C. 66, p. 76, 7 S.E.2d 712; 202 N.C. 176, 162 S.E. 223; 39 Ga. App. 373, 146 S.E. 641; 214 Ala. 332, 107 So. 995; 129 Kan. 100, 281 P. 860; 127 Me. 207, 142 A. 730; 163 Tenn. 578, 44 S.W.2d 321, and Code of Tenn., Sec. 6855; 67 Ind. App. 225, 119 N.E. 24; 68 Ind. 385, 120 N.E. 608; (Ind.App.), 21 N.E.2d 80. As to Cause of Action for illegal Autopsy: (Counsel differentiate the Mo. and S.C. Statutes), 18 S.W. 116; (Ind.App.), 12 N.E.2d 360. As to right of surviving spouse to bring this action: 25 S.C. 25; 101 S.C. 532, 88 S.E. 30.