MacKey v. Kerr-McGee Chemical Co.

At issue in this appeal is whether a worker’s compensation claimant, prior to execution of formal closing papers and approval by the South Carolina Industrial Commission, can unilaterally repudiate an offer of settlement that has been accepted by his attorney. The Commission held that a settlement agreement entered into by Attorney Hugo M. Spitz on behalf of his client, the respondent Lorton Mackey, was a legally binding and enforceable settlement; however, the Honorable Klyde Robinson, Circuit Judge, in an order dated April 21,1981, reversed the Commission. Kerr-McGee Chemical Company and…