Repetitive Injury Tolls Statute of Limitations

Since a claimant's injury was caused by "repetitive trauma," the statute of limitations on his claim did not begin to run until his last day worked, the South Carolina Court of Appeals held. The case was Corbin v. City of Columbia, 2007-UP-120, 03/14/2007. Charlie Corbin worked as a nighttime garbage collector for the city of Columbia's sanitation department. The truck that Corbin used was not equipped with a device that lifts up trash cans automatically, and his duties, therefore, included manually lifting the cans and dumping their contents into the truck. Corbin began to experienc...