Parker v. Thompson-Arthur Paving Co.

JOHNSON, Judge.

Although defendants bring forth two issues, they are subsumed into one issue on appeal: whether the Industrial Commission erred in concluding: (a) that defendants are equitably estopped from pleading the two year time limit for filing under G.S. § 97-24(a) as a bar to jurisdiction, and (b) that plaintiff detrimentally relied as a matter of law on statements of defendant’s agent.

The jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission is limited by statute. Letterlough v. Atkins, 258 N.C. 166, 128 S.E.2d 215 (1962). “The right to compensation under [the Workers’ Compensation Act] shall be…