Boone v. Vinson

ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Summary judgment is appropriate if a defending party can establish that no claim for relief exists or that the claimant cannot over come an affirmative defense or legal bar to the claim. Wilder v. Hobson, 101 N.C. App. 199, 201, 398 S.E.2d 625, 627 (1990). In addition, when the only issues to be decided are issues of law, summary judgment is proper. Brawley v. Brawley, 87 N.C. App. 545, 548, 361 S.E.2d 759, 761 (1987), disc. review denied, 321 N.C. 471, 364 S.E.2d 918 (1988).

An injured person is entitled to compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act (hereinafter the…