Poole v. University of North Carolina

BRYANT, Judge.

Where plaintiff’s declaration of willingness to resume vocational rehabilitation and evidence in support thereof is deemed credible by the Industrial Commission, such a finding properly supports the correct legal standard and will not be disturbed on appeal. The Industrial Commission did not err in awarding plaintiff continued medical treatment with a doctor not authorized to accept workers’ compensation patients where UNC had acknowledged and already accepted plaintiff’s change in medical providers.

On 23 April 1992, plaintiff Carl H. Poole suffered a compensable injury to his…