The South Carolina Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits, finding the Workers' Compensation Commission erroneously disregarded her treating physicians' medical opinions that her injury was work-related.
Case: Butler-Long v. ITW Labels, No. 2023-UP-291, 08/09/2023, unpublished.
Facts: Doretta Butler-Long began working as a laminator at ITW Labels in 1999. Her job included lifting heavy rolls of adhesive, some of which could weigh up to 300 pounds.
Butler-Long claimed that in April 2012, she began experiencing pain on her right si...
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