Bigger v. Vista Sales & Marketing, Inc.

WYNN, Judge.

Leigh Bigger was in Defendant Vista Sales and Marketing’s (“Vista Sales”) employ at the time of her injury which arose out of and in the course of her employment. Thereafter, she presented a claim against Vista Sales before the Industrial Commission. On 2 April 1997, the Full Commission affirmed the Deputy Commissioner’s Opinion and Award ordering Vista Sales to compensate Bigger for all her medical expenses and temporary total disability.

Vista Sales, in violation of North Carolina law, did not carry a policy providing workers’ compensation insurance, nor did it qualify as a…