Court Rebukes Commissioner for 'Harsh' Analysis of Worker's Credibility but Upholds Denial of Claim

The South Carolina Court of Appeals rebuked a commissioner for an “unduly harsh and unwarranted” critique of a worker’s credibility but upheld the denial of the claim. Case: Rummage v. BGF Industries, No. 5822, 05/19/2021, published. Facts: Vicki Rummage worked the third shift as a weaver for BGF Industries. On May 18, 2012, at approximately 3 a.m., she fell after stumbling backward into a hand truck that had been placed behind her. Rummage struck her head, causing a laceration and scrape marks along her neck. She declined to go to the hospital at that time and the wo...