Watkins v. Central Motor Lines, Inc.

HUSKINS, Justice.

Is plaintiff’s permanent partial disability a “change in condition” within the meaning of G.S. 97-47? If so, are defendants estopped to plead the statute in bar of plaintiff’s claim for additional compensation? Answers to these questions are determinative on this appeal.

Where a claimant suffers an injury that results in temporary total disability followed by a specific disability compensable under G.S. 97-31, compensation for the specific disability is payable in addition to that awarded for temporary total disability. Rice v. Panel Co., 199 N.C. 154, 154 S.E. 69 (1930).…