Hummel v. University of North Carolina

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

Joseph J. Hummel (“plaintiff’) appeals from an opinion and award by the North Carolina Industrial Commission ordering the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“defendant”) to pay plaintiff $50,000. Defendant cross-appeals from this opinion and award. After careful review of the record and briefs, we affirm the Industrial Commission’s opinion and award and deny defendant’s cross-appeal.

Plaintiff was a wrestler on defendant’s collegiate wrestling team. He joined the wrestling team as a “walk-on” participant during his freshman year in college in 1994. Plaintiff had…