Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2016-000790 Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-456
12-12-2018
Ann Stevenson, Claimant, Appellant, v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Employer, and New Hampshire Insurance Co., Carrier, Respondents.
Ann Stevenson, of Conway, pro se. Johnnie W. Baxley, III, of Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of Mount Pleasant, 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
Ann Stevenson, of Conway, pro se. Johnnie W. Baxley, III, of Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of Mount Pleasant, for Respondents. PER CURIAM : Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: As to Appellant's argument that her right hand injury was compensable: Crisp v. SouthCo., Inc., 401 S.C. 627, 641, 738 S.E.2d 835, 842 (2013) ("The claimant has the burden of proving facts that will brings the injury within the workers' compensation law . . . ."); Potter v. Spartanburg Sch. Dist. 7, 395 S.C. 17, 23, 716 S.E.2d 123, 126 (Ct. App. 2011) ("The Appellate Panel is given discretion to weigh and consider all the evidence . . . ."); id. ("The final determination of witness credibility and the weight to be accorded evidence is reserved to the Appellate Panel."); Fishburne v. ATI Sys. Int'l, 384 S.C. 76, 85, 681 S.E.2d 595, 599 (Ct. App. 2009) ("The Appellate Panel's decision must be affirmed if supported by substantial evidence in the record."). As to Appellant's remaining issues: Elam v. S.C. Dep't of Transp., 361 S.C. 9, 23, 602 S.E.2d 772, 779-80 (2004) ("Issues and arguments are preserved for appellate review only when they are raised to and ruled on by the [Appellate Panel]."); Linda Mc Co., Inc. v. Shore, 390 S.C. 543, 558, 703 S.E.2d 499, 506-07 (2010) ("An argument not made to an intermediate appellate court and ruled on by that court is not preserved for review in this [c]ourt."). AFFIRMED. HUFF, SHORT, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR. --------