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ALLISON v. W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES

No. 27031.

394 S.C. 185 (2011)

714 S.E.2d 547

Betty Ann ALLISON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Benjamin Allison, Respondent, v. W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmelo B. Sammataro , of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, and O. Shayne Williams , of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney of Greenville, for Appellant.

Marion Clyde Fairey, Jr. , of Hampton, for Respondent.

Justice PLEICONES.

This is a direct appeal in a workers' compensation case from a master's order reversing the Full Commission and finding respondent's decedent1 is totally disabled as the result of an occupational disease. On appeal, appellant (Employer) contends this matter should have been dismissed because respondent's admittedly untimely appeal to the Commission deprived the Commission of jurisdiction. We agree that the untimely appeal...

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