Judge's Illness Extends TRO in AMA Guides Debate

The federal judge who suspended South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's executive orders mandating the strict application of American Medical Association (AMA) impairment guides has suffered a minor stroke, delaying further action in the legal fight until Monday.Attorneys for Sanford, the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission (WCC) and four injured workers who sued the commission over Sanford's orders agreed Thursday to extend the Dec. 27 temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson Jr. until Monday.William S. Brown, Sanford's outside co...