A state Supreme Court decision in late October means that 49-year-old Allie James of Charleston -- along with potentially thousands of other workers who will face career-ending injuries -- can secure bigger Social Security disability payments during the complicated medical and legal aftermath.
For James, the ruling will mean hundreds of dollars per month more in benefits.
The ruling came after court justices determined that the S.C. Workers' Compensation Commission has the power to choose the method of accounting they use when doing the math on an injured worker's compensation benefits.
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