As the coronavirus pandemic continues, many families are finding themselves quarantined to their homes, in order to effectively practice social distancing. While many of us appreciate the additional family-time, it…

Any employee who was working light duty but now cannot do so due to the coronavirus is entitled to temporary total disability payments through South Carolina workers’ compensation. Workers’ compensation…

New reporting suggests that addressing the coronavirus in South Carolina and other states in the South could be difficult as states move to lift restrictions on movement and businesses.  The…

While understandable that employees are worried about losing their jobs during the coronavirus crisis, employees should know that their jobs are protected if they are injured on the job and…

A nursing home in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, Heartland Health and Rehabilitation Care Center on Eagle Landing Boulevard in Hanahan, reportedly now has more coronavirus cases than any other nursing home…

Prior to joining the Steinberg Law Firm, attorney Catie Meehan earned a nursing degree and practiced as a registered nurse. In this post, we interviewed Catie on her experiences, her…

Reporting from The Washington Post links the severity of coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes with those facilities’ failures to follow required infection control procedures. Among the violations reported in the…

Medical reports from treating the coronavirus indicate lasting health impacts for those infected. These reports heighten concerns that the coronavirus causes long-term impairment for which infected healthcare workers should receive…

As South Carolina struggles with the growing coronavirus pandemic, we express our deepest gratitude to South Carolina’s doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers treating patients infected with COVID-19 and risking…

The State newspaper reports the number of hospital workers in the Charleston area with confirmed cases of the coronavirus climbed to fifty-five. The State reports those cases include forty-one cases…

The National Association of Home Builders reports that due to the coronavirus, homebuilder confidence suffered its largest ever one month decline in April.  Homebuilder confidence, as measured by the NAHB/Wells…

While debate continues in South Carolina as to whether to expand workers’ compensation protections for first responders and healthcare workers battling COVID-19, the Minnesota legislature took action this week passing…

The State of Washington, the first place in the United States to have a massive outbreak of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, announced that it is taking steps to…

Earlier this month, WMBF News in Myrtle Beach reported on concerns by first responders sickened with coronavirus — like firefighters, EMTs and police officers. According to the report, many essential…

The number of coronavirus infections in South Carolina has climbed to 3,553 known cases. Increasingly, Lowcountry healthcare professionals are contracting the illness from their workplace exposures. Troubling findings by CNN…

The Coronavirus has impacted businesses, industries, economies, and social interaction around the globe. Schools have pivoted to virtual classes, employers have promoted working from home, and travel has been restricted…

Healthcare workers face an increased risk of contracting the coronavirus, which can be very serious, leading to a need for a ventilator and a risk of death. Initial reports from…

Under South Carolina’s workers’ compensation laws, an “occupational disease” is “a disease arising out of the course and scope of employment which is due to hazards in excess of those…