Seguro-Suarez by and Through Connette v. Key Risk Ins. Co.

INMAN, Judge.

*202 When a North Carolina worker is hurt on the job, his injury is within the exclusive scope of the Workers' Compensation Act and he can obtain relief only by pursuing a claim before the North Carolina Industrial Commission (the "Commission"). But when, after the Commission awards the injured worker benefits, an employer's insurance company knowingly provides false information to police to frame him for insurance fraud, resulting in his arrest, incarceration, and indictment on felony charges, the worker's claims for malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and unfair and deceptive…