Wall v. N.C. Department of Human Resources: Division of Youth Services

PHILLIPS, Judge.

As the parties recognize: Since their agreement was in settlement of plaintiff’s claim for permanent disability under the Workers’ Compensation Act and was approved by the Industrial Commission, it was a final award or judgment of the Commission, Beard v. Blumenthal Jewish Home, 87 N.C. App. 58, 359 S.E.2d 261 (1987), disc. review denied, 321 N.C. 471, 364 S.E.2d 918 (1988), which can be modified only as the law authorizes. One ground for modifying or setting aside such awards is a change in the plaintiff’s condition under the provisions stated in G.S. 97-47; another is that…