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Mauldin v. Dyna-Color/Jack Rabbit

Citations

  • 416 S.E.2d 639
  • 308 S.C. 18
  • 1992 S.C. LEXIS 107

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the policy in South Carolina is to liberally construe the Workers’ Compensation Act in favor of coverage
  • awarding compensation when claimant suffered only intermittent minor knee pain and swelling until she was diagnosed with torn meniscus requiring surgery two and a half years later
  • rejecting “mechanical” application of “accident” statute of limitations in favor of discovery rule for “accident” statute of limitations when claimant could not have known seriousness and work-relatedness of injury until after expiration of limitations period
  • stating a workers' compensation claim must be for a \compensable\ injury
  • stating a workers’ compensation claim must be for a “compensable” injury
  • two-year limitation period provided in Section 42-15-40 runs from the date claimant discovered the compensable injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Finney, Harwell, Chandler, Toal, Gregory

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