Silva v. Lowe's Home Improvement

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant-employer Lowe’s Home Improvement (“defendant-employer”) and defendant-carrier Specialty Risk Services (“defendant-carrier”) (collectively “defendants”) appeal from the Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (“Commission”) awarding plaintiff-employee Gilbert Silva (“plaintiff”) temporary total disability and medical expenses. We affirm.

The facts underlying the present appeal are set out in Silva v. Lowe’s Home Improvement, 176 N.C. App. 229, 625 S.E.2d 613 (2006). In pertinent part, that case addressed the Commission’s findings regarding the…