Matute v. Palmetto Health Baptist. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-003-11, 4 pp.) (H. Bruce Williams, J.) Appealed from Richland County Appellate Panel, Workers’ Compensation Commission. S.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: After work, plaintiff left ...

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A Sumter landfill attendant who hasn't missed any time from work due to his 2002 back injury but claimed permanent disability will have to live with the Workers' Compensation Commission's disability rating, the Court of Appeals held Dec. 16. Columbia attorney Mary Sowell League (pictured), who argued the case on behalf of Sumter County, said that when commissioners assess a claimant's disability rating, they have a more global picture of the claimant's injuries, functionality and work abilities. "A disability award is based on a panoply of factors including the ability to work in the claimant's current job or another job, one's age, one's education. ... It's a larger picture, and it is left up to the judgment of the commissioner," League said.

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By FRED HORLBECK, Senior Staff Writer fred.horlbeck@sc.lawyersweekly.com   An employer could apply a workers’ compensation offset clause in an auto insurance policy to reduce the amount of UM coverage that an employee injured in a traffic collision could recover under ...

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Joyner v. Sumter County. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-150-10, 3 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Sumter County Circuit Court. (Jeffrey Young, J.) S.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though plaintiff testified that (1) ...

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Sweetser v. South Carolina Department of Insurance Reserve Fund. Even though plaintiff's employer carried only the minimum uninsured motorist coverage on its vehicles, applying S.C. Code Ann. § 38-77-220, we allow the insurer to offset its UM . . .

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Pilgrim v. Eaton. Even though Rufus Revis sold his garage-building business to Billy Eaton, since Eaton lacked the contractor's license needed to build garages, and since Eaton could make payments towards his purchase of the business only if Revis continued . . .

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