Workers’ Compensation

Seasoned, focused South Carolina attorneys

The Workers' Compensation Practice Group at Young Clement Rivers, LLP serves employers, self-insured employers, and insurance carriers in the handling of their workers' compensation claims for state and federal benefits. The firm’s decades of client advocacy handling some of the most prominent workers’ compensation cases in the state, has earned the group a solid reputation before the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission, the various medical communities in South Carolina, and the group's attorney colleagues in both the plaintiffs’ and defense bar.

The group’s lawyers and extensive support staff collaborate to provide top quality legal services to clients in matters involving:

  • Contribution
  • Third party lien issues
  • Mediation
  • Appeals

The group’s attorneys are dedicated to keeping themselves and their clients informed and educated and frequently give presentations and in-house seminars to local employers and organizations on workers' compensation issues. The group is active in the ALFA International Workers’ Compensation Practice Group, providing a network and opportunity to discuss important issues with workers’ compensation attorneys and employer representatives from around the country. Group members are also very active in the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association, the South Carolina Self-Insurers Association and many other organizations.

Understanding Specific Business Needs to Help Clients Succeed

The group has extensive experience representing employers of all sizes, both through their insurance carriers and direct representation of self-insured employers, including large hospital systems, school districts, and industrial facilities.

Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s attorneys take a global approach to workers’ compensation representation and are careful to make sure they understand and have considered all relevant factors in order to coordinate employer goals and business concerns with efficient claim resolution.

The group’s attorneys are committed to forming long-term, productive relationships with clients, and often consult clients on employment policies and other matters with the goal of minimizing future claims.

Complex and Multi-Party Litigation

The group has particular experience defending complex, multi-litigant workers’ compensation matters, including those involving:

  • Asbestosis
  • Hearing loss
  • Inhalation
  • Toxic exposure
  • Occupational disease
  • Repetitive trauma/cumulative trauma claims

The group has the specific institutional knowledge, staff, and resources to effectively handle this type of large-scale litigation.

Concurrent Jurisdiction and Longshore Claims

Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s workers’ compensation group has unique experience handling concurrent claims arising under the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act and the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Act.

The group has the distinction of having attorneys with in-depth knowledge of both acts, and who are capable of handling the defense of both sides of concurrent jurisdiction claims. This eliminates the need for employers and insurers to hire separate counsel to represent them in the state and federal actions.  This ability not only results in a more cost-effective resolution, but also minimizes the potential for conflicts arising from the complexities of the connections between the state and federal proceedings. The firm has a dedicated group of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ counsel to assist clients in concurrent jurisdiction claims.

Alternative dispute resolution

The group’s attorneys are well versed in alternative methods of dispute resolution (ADR). While mediation is not yet mandatory in the workers’ compensation field, this efficient, cost-effective method of resolving claims has gained increased acceptance by the Claimants’ Bar Association, the Defense Bar and the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Young Clement Rivers, LLC’s leadership in this area is demonstrated by the fact that several of the firm’s attorneys serve regularly as mediators resolving workers compensation and longshore and harbor workers’ compensation cases.

Useful tools and resources

As a service to the firm’s clients, the Workers Compensation Group offers the following tools and resources:

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Contact Young Clement Rivers, LLP

To talk to one of Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s seasoned South Carolina advocates call (843) 720-5492 or contact the firm online