Hunter v. Perquimans County Board of Education

HUNTER, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Patricia Hunter (“plaintiff”), appeals from the 15 July 1999 opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (“Commission”) denying her workers’ compensation claim against Perquimans County Board of Education and Self-Insured, North Carolina School Board Association Insurance Trust, Agency (collectively “defendants”) for additional compensation for an alleged change in condition. The Commission ruled that the plaintiff’s claim for a change of condition was barred by the two-year limitations period set out in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-47. Plaintiff…