Peeler v. State Highway Commission

PAKKER, Judge.

Plaintiffs sole assignment of error is to the action of the full Commission in striking out the hearing Commissioner’s conclusion of law that “[p]laintiff will need additional medical expenses from time to time in the future to lessen his permanent partial disability” and the portion of the award requiring defendant-employer to pay plaintiffs future medical expenses “so long as it will tend to lessen [plaintiffs] period of disability.” Under G.S. 97-85, the Industrial Commission, upon review of the opinion and award of the hearing Commissioner, may reconsider the evidence and…