Little v. Penn Ventilator Co.

EXUM, Justice.

Plaintiff seeks workers’ compensation for an injury to his left eye. A deputy commissioner of the Industrial Commission awarded plaintiff $2,500 under N.C.G.S. § 97-31(24) for permanent eye injury and medical expenses incurred as a result of the injury until plaintiff reached maximum improvement. The deputy commissioner denied any future medical expenses after plaintiff reached maximum medical improvement concluding: “There is no provision in the Workers’ Compensation Act for periodic medical examinations unless they are determined to be necessary to lessen the plaintiffs…