JAMES v. ANNE'S INC.

No. 26762.

390 S.C. 188 (2010)

701 S.E.2d 730

Allie JAMES, Claimant, Appellant, v. ANNE'S INC., Employer, and Villanova Insurance Company, in liquidation through the South Carolina Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association, Carrier, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Re-Filed October 25, 2010.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jody Vann McKnight , of the Reisen Law Firm, of Charleston, for Appellant.

Mark D. Cauthen , T. Jeff Goodwyn, Jr. , and Peter P. Leventis, IV , all of McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, of Columbia, for Respondents.

Andrew Nathan Safran , of Columbia, Ronald J. Jebaily and Suzanne H. Jebaily , both of the Jebaily Law Firm, of Florence, and Stephen B. Samuels , of Columbia, all for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Injured Workers' Advocates; William Hughes Nicholson, III , of Nicholson & Anderson, of Greenwood, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Association for Justice; Susan Berkowitz and Stephen Suggs , both of the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center; and John S. Nichols and Blake A. Hewitt , both of Bluestein, Nichols & Thompson, of Columbia, for the three foregoing Amici; and Samuel F. Painter , of Nexsen Pruet, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Self-Insurers Association, Inc.


Justice BEATTY:

The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission found Allie James ("James") was totally and permanently disabled from a work accident and that she was entitled to a lump sum award of benefits. The Commission denied James's request to include language in the order prorating the lump sum award over her life expectancy after her employer and its carrier ("Respondents") objected. The circuit court affirmed. James appealed, arguing the Commission has...

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