Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2012-212169 Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-229
05-29-2013
John B. Leopard, Claimant, Appellant, v. Greenwood County and S.C. Association of Counties SIF, Respondents.
Lena Younts Meredith, of Nicholson, Meredith and Anderson, LLC, of Greenwood, for Appellant. Richard B. Kale, Jr., 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 The Workers' Compensation Commission
AFFIRMED
Lena Younts Meredith, of Nicholson, Meredith and Anderson, LLC, of Greenwood, for Appellant.
Richard B. Kale, Jr., of Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents. PER CURIAM : John Leopard appeals the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission Appellate Panel's (Appellate Panel) order, arguing the Appellate Panel erred in (1) finding he did not suffer a change of condition, (2) relying on the testimony of Dr. Shallcross, and (3) finding the testimony of Drs. Poletti and Reddick was not credible. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority: Bartley v. Allendale Cnty. Sch. Dist., 392 S.C. 300, 306, 709 S.E.2d 619, 622 (2011) ("[T]his Court must affirm the findings of fact made by the [Appellate Panel] if they are supported by substantial evidence. . . . Substantial evidence is that evidence which, in considering the record as a whole, would allow reasonable minds to reach the conclusion the [Appellate Panel] reached." (citations and quotation marks omitted)).