Legal Opinion

Sawyer v. Ferebee & Son, Inc.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 3, 1985No. 8510IC556PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the evidence in the record is sufficient to support the Industrial Commission’s finding that plaintiff has suffered a change of condition so as to entitle him to compensation for 100 percent total permanent disability based on that change.

Our Supreme Court has defined “change of condition” in the following manner:

Change of condition ‘refers to conditions different from those existent when the award was made; and a continued incapacity of the same kind and character and for the same injury is not a change of condition . . . the change…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pratt v. Central Upholstery Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1960

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Grantham v. R. G. Barry Corp.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1997
  2. Lewis v. Craven Regional Medical CenterCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1996
  3. Crump v. Independence NissanCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1993
  4. East v. Baby Diaper Services, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1995
  5. Perry v. U.S. Assemblies, RtpNorth Carolina Industrial Commission · 2004

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