The Collins and Lacy team partnered with Practical Law to create a South Carolina Questions and Answers Guide to Workers’ Compensation. This guide provides employers, adjusters, and other workers’ compensation professionals with a basic overview of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act and relevant case law. It will answer your general South Carolina workers’ compensation… Continue Reading
Money Matters: Workers’ Comp Case involving Failure to Prove Lost Wages
Occupational Disease Claim Barred Where Claimant Failed to Prove Lost Wages Skinner v. Westinghouse, Op. No. 27037, South Carolina Supreme Court, filed September 6, 2011 Post by Anne Marie Hempy In this appeal from a finding of the special referee, the S.C. Supreme Court addressed whether § 42-11-60 of the Workers’ Compensation Act bars a… Continue Reading
Who Pays the Benefits in Repetitive Trauma Claims?
Post by Stan Lacy This is my second attempt at this blog, because I found myself writing an epistle on a subject I thought would interest everyone: which carrier pays the benefits in a repetitive trauma claim? When I got to page 3, I knew my blog was blown. What to do? Simple. I’ll save… Continue Reading
Settling a Case without CMS Approval May be an Acceptable Risk
Post By Rip Van Riper Shifting from my first blog, I would like to post some more serious commentary on a couple of workers compensation issue: This section of my blog is bit technical. It is for lawyers dealing with MSAs and all of the sound and fury surrounding the need for CMS approval. There… Continue Reading
