Patillo v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

HUNTER, JR., Robert N., Judge.

*229 Shawn F. Patillo ("Plaintiff") and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ("Employer") and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (collectively, "Defendants") appeal from an Opinion and Award filed 28 April 2016 by the Full North Carolina Industrial Commission. We reverse and remand in part and affirm in part.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 16 February 2011, Employer filed a Form 19 (Employer's Report of Employee's Injury or Occupational Disease to the Industrial Commission). On 7 October 2011, Plaintiff filed a Form 18 (Notice of Accident to Employer and Claim of…