Cornell v. Western & Southern Life Insurance

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendants appeal from an order of the North Carolina Industrial Commission dismissing their appeal from an opinion and award of a deputy commissioner awarding plaintiff-employee compensation. The procedural history leading to this appeal is summarized as follows: Plaintiff-employee claimed an injury to his back sustained in the course and scope of his employment with employer-defendant. Defendants denied the claim. The matter was heard by a deputy commissioner, who entered an opinion and award concluding that plaintiff had suffered “an injury by accident arising out of and in…