Cratt v. Perdue Farms, Inc.

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff assigns error to the refusal of the Commission to award him permanent total disability benefits pursuant to G.S. 97-29. Plaintiff argues that the evidence shows that he is permanently disabled from any and all kinds of employment because of his severe back and leg discomfort, a degenerative condition which is not expected to improve.

In Harmon v. Public Service of N.C., Inc., 81 N.C. App. 482, 344 S.E.2d 285, disc. review denied, 318 N.C. 415, 349 S.E.2d 595 (1986), quoting Fleming v. K-Mart Corp., 312 N.C. 538, 324 S.E.2d 214 (1985), this Court held that when an…