SC Workers Compensation Lawyer – The Workers Comp Bargain – No Pain and...
A lot of people who find themselves hurt on the job are surprised to find that they are entitled only to a set recovery based on the type of their injury. They find themselves wondering why they are...
View ArticleWhat if I am Offered Light Duty Work – Workers Compensation SC
Often, when you have been hurt on the job, doctors will at first remove you from work entirely while you heal. During this time, you will generally get compensated at 2/3’s of your weekly wages after...
View ArticleEmployer Liability Beyond Workers Compensation – SC Workers Comp Attorney
As you may know, employees usually have no right to sue their employers for injury outside of workers compensation. Workers Compensation was formed years ago to provide workers some remedy where they...
View ArticleCop’s WC Appeal Fails at the Supreme Court – Bentley v. Spartanburg County
In Bentley v. Spartanburg County (the opinion is attached below), the South Carolina Supreme Court held that when a deputy shoots and kills an unarmed suspect he is not entitled to a workers...
View ArticleNew SC Supreme Court Workers’ Comp Case – Johnson v. Rent-A-Center
In Johnson v. Rent-A-Center, the South Carolina Supreme Court heard two workers’ compensation issues, affirming the Court of Appeals, presumably to clarify the law. The issues were: Whether an...
View ArticleFarm Accidents 2.5 Times as Likely to Require Amputation-Rock Hill Workers’...
In workers’ compensation news, it turns out that accidents on the farm are more than 2.5 times more likely to result in amputation than the average work accident. Farmers hurt on the job are at a 11%...
View ArticleAccident at Charleston Boeing Plant – Charleston Workers Comp Attorney
Saturday another accident befell the new Charleston Boeing plant as parts fell out of a 787 engine onto a Charleston, SC runway, starting a fire and shutting down the Charleston airport temporarily....
View ArticleNew Workers’ Compensation Procedure – SC Workers’ Comp Attorney
The South Carolina Supreme Court just published a new opinion on what an interlocutory appeal is for the purposes of Workers’ Compensation appeals. Bone v. US Food clarified the existing case law and...
View ArticleHow to win a workers’ comp appeal? – SC Workers’ Compensation Attorney
Workers’ compensation appeals are hard to win. They’re that way by design. As a matter of policy, courts and the legislature make sure that administrative decisions are generally left to...
View ArticleSC Workers’ Compensation Amputation Injuries
While great strides have been made in workplace safety, in factories, mills, harbors and every other workplace, injuries on the job causing amputation or requiring amputation still occur. Whether the...
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