Counts v. Black Decker Corporation

MARTIN, John C., Judge.

Defendants appeal from an Opinion and Award of the Industrial Commission finding plaintiff permanently and totally disabled, and awarding her compensation pursuant to G.S. § 97-29.

The evidence before the Commission tended to show that plaintiff, who is now 67 years of age, was employed by defendant Black & Decker Corporation as an assembly line worker for approximately twelve years; her final day of work was 9 May 1990. During her last five years of employment at Black & Decker, plaintiff worked in the “carousel” position which required her to lift circular saws…