Hartford Appeal in Settlement Case Reinstated

The Court of Appeals of South Carolina on Wednesday reinstated an appeal by The Hartford Financial Group Inc. in a settlement case after failing to file its brief on time due to a clerical error. The workers’ compensation matter began when Hartford sought to enforce a lien against a settlement, which was denied by a single commissioner and then appealed to the full South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission, according to documents in Tammy Jordan v. The Hartford Financial Group Inc., filed in the Court of Appeals of South Carolina in Columbia. Following Hartford’s...