Smith v. SC Department of Mental Health

How courts have described this case

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

• holding it was appropriate to terminate temporary benefits in favor of permanent benefits upon a finding of MMI
• finding employer was entitled to stop payment of temporary total disability benefits upon a showing that the claimant has reached maximum medical improvement
• “Clearly, if an employee has reached MMI and remains disabled, then his injury is permanent. This is precisely the reason to terminate temporary benefits in favor of permanent benefits upon a finding of MMI.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).