Parks v. Kohler Company

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: October 3, 2012
• Docket: 2012-UP-545
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Johnny Parks, Employee, Respondent,

v.

Kohler Company, Employer, and Kohler Company, Self- Insured, Carrier, Defendants,

Of whom Kohler Company, Self-Insured, Carrier, is Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2011-187186

Appeal from the Workers' Compensation Commission

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-545 Heard September 12, 2012 – Filed October 3, 2012

AFFIRMED

Andrew A. Mathias, Kirsten E. Small, and Russell T. Infinger, Nexsen Pruet, LLC, all of Greenville, for Appellant.

Alan R. Cochran, Cochran Law Firm, PA, of Greenville, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Kohler Company appeals the workers' compensation commission's decision to award Johnny Parks temporary total disability and future medical payments. We find substantial evidence in the record to support the commission's findings and affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and Bentley v. Spartanburg Cnty., 398 S.C. 418, 421, 730 S.E.2d 296, 298 (2012) (stating "an appellate court may not substitute its judgment for that of the agency as to the weight of the evidence on questions of fact"). AFFIRMED. FEW, C.J., and WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ., concur.