Lawyers for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford are due in federal court Monday in response to charges that executive orders he issued to the state Workers' Compensation Commission are unconstitutional.
Joel Sawyer, a spokesperson for the governor, said today it had not been determined yet whether Mr. Sanford would be defended by the State Attorney General's Office. "It may be one of the governor's staff attorneys," he said.
The governor's orders requiring commissioners to individually report on how much they were awarding in permanent disability cases and to use AMA guidelines have sparked outrage by plaintiffs' attorneys and cheers from the insurance and business community.
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