Bill Would Require Comp Hearings in County Seat

A South Carolina senator introduced legislation that would require workers’ compensation hearings to be held in county seats. Current law requires work comp hearings to be held in the district in which an injury occurred, but no more than 75 miles from the seat of the county in which the injury occurred unless the parties agree to a different location. Sen. Michael Johnson, R-York, introduced S 883, which would add a new provision to the law that would require hearings be held in the county seat. The bill would obligate court clerks to provide space for hearings either at the county c...