Legal Opinion
Adams v. METALS USA
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided February 15, 2005No. COA04-177PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYANT, Judge.
Metals USA (employer) and American Home Assurance/AIG Claims Services, Inc. (carrier), collectively defendants, appeal an opinion and award of the Full Commission granting plaintiff temporary total disability benefits.
At the time of the hearing before the deputy commissioner, plaintiff, a married forty-seven-year old father of two children had a work history as a laborer. Plaintiff had worked for the defendant-employer as a truck loader since October 1995.
On 1 October 2000, after loading a truck with steel, plaintiff slipped while climbing down a ladder on the truck. Moisture on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Russell v. Lowes Product DistributionCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1993
- Click v. Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- Adams v. AVX Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
- Young v. Hickory Business FurnitureSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000
- Holley v. Acts, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 2003
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Raper v. Mansfield Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008
- Booker-Douglas v. J & S Truck Service, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2006
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