Lucas v. Bunn Manufacturing Co.

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Though the December 1984 agreement upon being approved by the Industrial Commission became in effect a final award, since it determined the extent of plaintiffs permanent disability and left no other issue for determination, the award is nevertheless subject to modification, as both parties concede, if a substantial change of condition has occurred, as the Commission found. G.S. 97-47; Pratt v. Central Upholstery Co., Inc., 252 N.C. 716, 115 S.E. 2d 27 (1960). Thus, the sole question for determination is whether the Commission’s finding of fact that such a change in plaintiffs…