Lawyers Urge Governor to Remove Comp Judge from Office

South Carolina attorneys, including the new president of a national claimants' advocacy group, are urging the governor to remove a workers' compensation judge after she was castigated by the state Supreme Court. Lawyers have complained about Workers' Compensation Commissioner Susan Barden for years, and the court's recent rebuke is more evidence of her misconduct, said Charleston attorney Malcolm Crosland, who is president-elect of the Workers' Injury Law and Advocacy Group, a national organization. “It is inexplicable why she has not been removed,” Crosland s...