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Archives for November 2010

Local Firefighter Killed on the Job; Honored by Hundreds

People from all over the State of South Carolina came to Columbia to honor fallen Richland County firefighter Chance Zobel, age 23. Zobel was killed in the line of duty after he was struck by a car while putting out a grass fire on I-20 near Clemson Road on Saturday. The driver of the vehicle causing the incident, Neida Ortega, was charged with driving too fast for conditions and driving without a license. Ortega, a native of Mexico, had a Mexican driver’s license, but no South Carolina license. She admitted to authorities that she was in … [Read more...]

SC Supreme Court Decision Protects SC’s Injured Workers

The Post and Courier reported that the South Carolina Supreme Court recently held in favor of injured workers in a landmark workers’ compensation case. The injured worker in this case, 49-year-old Alli James, suffered a back injury after she fell down the stairs while working at Anne’s Dress Shop in downtown Charleston in 2002. She was rendered permanently disabled. The Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission has the authority to choose the method of accounting used when calculating workers’ compensation benefits. Prior … [Read more...]