Taylor v. Dixon

This is the sole question presented on this appeal: When a defendant in a proceeding under the North Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act sets up a specific defense, .as in the present case may the Industrial Commission fail or refuse to make specific findings of fact in respect thereto in the light of the evidence offered. The answer is “No.”

Here the defendant contends plaintiff was employed to operate a chain saw and, though forbidden to do so, undertook to operate a tractor.

In this connection, “if”, as stated in Larson’s Workmen’s Compensation Law Vol. 1, p. 463, “the unrelated job is…