Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2011-193488 Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-025
01-16-2013
Curtis Johnson, Appellant, v. Deering Milliken, Inc., Employer, and Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Carrier, Respondents.
Curtis Johnson, of Hartford, CT, pro se. Jason Alexander Griggs, of Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents.
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.
Appeal From Union County
John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Curtis Johnson, of Hartford, CT, pro se.
Jason Alexander Griggs, of Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents. PER CURIAM : Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 42-17-60 (1976) ("[E]ither party to the dispute may, within thirty days from the date of such award or within thirty days after receipt of notice to be sent by registered mail of such award, but not thereafter, appeal from the decision of the [Appellate Panel of the Workers' Compensation Commission (Appellate Panel)] to the court of common pleas of the county in which the alleged accident happened, or in which the employer resides or has his principal office, for errors of law under the same terms and conditions as govern appeals in ordinary civil actions."); Skinner v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 380 S.C. 91, 96-97, 668 S.E.2d 795, 797 (2008) (noting the deadline for filing a notice of appeal with the circuit court pursuant to section 42-17-60 is thirty days); Rule 74, SCRCP ("Notice of appeal to the circuit court must be served on all parties within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of the judgment, order or decision appealed from."); Gattis v. Murrells Inlet VFW No. 10420, 353 S.C. 100, 109, 576 S.E.2d 191, 195 (Ct. App. 2003) ("If the parties to the dispute fail to timely appeal the final award of the [Appellate Panel], then its order 'is conclusive and binding as to all questions of fact.'" (citation omitted)). AFFIRMED.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.