Easthagen v. Palmetto Ambulance

Annotate this Case

Download PDF

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 Pamela Easthagen, Respondent, v. Palmetto Ambulance Service, Appellant, Appellate Case No. 2011-183926 Appeal From Greenville County Robin B. Stilwell, Circuit Court Judge Memorandum Opinion No. 2012-UP-556 Heard September 12, 2012 Filed October 17, 2012 APPEAL DISMISSED Darryl D. Smalls, of Columbia, for Appellant. Larry A. Welborn, Standeffer & Harbin, LLP, of Anderson, C. Roland Jones, Jones & Hendrix, PA, of Spartanburg, Peter H. Dworjanyn, Collins & Lacy, PC, of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Palmetto Ambulance Services appeals the circuit court's decision to affirm the Workers' Compensation Commission's appellate panel, which found Easthagen did not settle her workers' compensation claim pursuant to a settlement agreement and remanded the case to a single commissioner for a hearing on the merits. We find that neither the appellate panel's order nor the circuit court's order is immediately appealable. See S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-380 (Supp. 2011) ("A party . . . who is aggrieved by a final decision [of the commission] in a contested case is entitled to judicial review."); S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-390 (Supp. 2011) ("An aggrieved party may obtain a review of a final judgment of the circuit court . . . ."). Therefore, we dismiss the appeal and remand to the commission to carry out the appellate panel's order. APPEAL DISMISSED. FEW, C.J., and WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.