In a 2014 order, a single commissioner’s order summarily stated that the respondent-Claimant was not entitled to benefits under S.C. Code Ann. §§ 42-9-10 (total disability), -20 (partial disability), -30 (scheduled recovery), -210 (payments made by an employer when they ...

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The Claimant suffered a compensable back injury and was assigned a 40 percent impairment rating to the spine and a 36 percent rating to the whole person. The record contains no fewer than 40 physician notes about Claimant having nerve ...

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The Appellate Panel of the Workers’ Compensation Commission mischaracterized the medical evidence of causation and ignored other evidence that the smoke-inhalation injury, which the decedent-deputy suffered during three 12-hour shifts at a massive fire, was a proximate cause of his ...

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  A plaintiff who T-boned an oncoming vehicle has settled their workers’ compensation claim against their insurance carrier for $1.15 million, their attorneys report.  Christopher Hart of Hart Law in Columbia and Justin Bamberg of Bamberg Legal in Bamberg represented ...

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A man who was crushed by a truck during his first day on the job as a warehouse manager will collect over $2.2 million in settlements with multiple insurers, his attorney reports.  Charles Condon Jr. of the Charlie Condon Law ...

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  The death of a motel housekeeper who was required to live at the motel and was murdered in an armed robbery was compensable under South Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Act because her murder arose from her employment there, the state’s ...

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A hotel maintenance supervisor who became paraplegic after he lifted a laundry scale while at work has confidentially settled a workers’ compensation lawsuit against his employer’s insurance carrier for $3.2 million, the man’s attorneys report. Thomas White of Steinberg Law ...

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  The family of a real estate executive who was killed in a car wreck while checking on a housing development property has confidentially settled a worker’s compensation claim for $265,000, the family’s attorneys report. Kelly Alfreds and David Pearlman ...

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  A woman whose on-again, off-again boyfriend died in an accident won’t be able to collect death benefits under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act because she wasn’t reliant on him financially, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in a ...

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  A man who suffered permanent brain damage in a workplace accident has reached a $550,000 confidential workers’ compensation settlement after using some advanced technology to challenge the evaluation made by the neurologist assigned by the defendant, his attorney reports. ...

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