What changed with the recent workers comp reform?
There were a number of complex changes under South Carolina’s New Workers’ Comp Law that took effect beginning July 1, 2007. Here is a brief summary of a few of the changes: • In workers comp cases deemed “medically complex cases” by the Workers Compensation Commission, an employee must establish by medical evidence that the injury arose in the course of employment. “Medical evidence” means medical expert testimony is required to support the claims of an injured worker. • For “repetitive trauma injuries” (like carpal tunnel syndrome) also require medical evidence that establishes a specific causal connection between the injury and the repetitive activities that occurred while the employee was engaged in the regular duties of their employment. The statute of limitations in a repetitive trauma injury is from the time an employee discovered, or could have discovered by exercising reasonable diligence, that his/her condition is compensable. There is a caveat to this, however, and that is i
