Godley v. Hackney & Sons

HEDRICK, Judge.

Based upon eight assignments of error, the defendants contend the Commission erred “in altering the deputy commissioner’s findings of fact as to the circumstances surrounding the plaintiffs injury.” Defendants argue that the Commission does not have the authority to amend a deputy commissioner’s findings *158of fact if there is competent evidence in the record to support the deputy commissioner’s findings. We disagree. The Commission’s authority to review deputy commissioner’s awards is granted by N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 97-85 which in pertinent part provides:

If application is made to…