LIBERTY MUT. INS. v. SC SECOND INJURY FUND

No. 3949.

363 S.C. 612 (2005)

611 S.E.2d 297

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA SECOND INJURY FUND, Respondent. In re Timothy Paul Williams, Employee, v. Tate Metalworks/Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Employer/Carrier.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided February 22, 2005.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope D. Johnson, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Robert M. Cook, II, of Batesberg-Leeseville, and Terry Michael Mauldin, of Columbia, for Respondent.


ANDERSON, J.:

Timothy Paul Williams (Claimant) lost his right leg in a work-related accident. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty) sought reimbursement for compensation benefit payments from the South Carolina Second Injury Fund (the Fund) based on Claimant's preexisting impairment. The circuit court ruled that Liberty was not entitled to reimbursement of the controverted payments. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Claimant sustained...

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