Berardi v. Craven County Schools

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where defendants appeal from an order of the North Carolina Industrial Commission issued under the Expedited Medical Motions Procedure, such appeal is interlocutory and not properly before this Court.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 23 October 2003, Cathy Berardi (plaintiff) suffered an injury to her lower back in the course and scope of her employment with the Craven County Schools (defendant). On 11 May 2004, Key Risk Insurance Company, defendant’s carrier, executed an IC Form 60 admitting plaintiff’s right to compensation pursuant to N.C. Gen Stat. § 9748(b).…