Williams v. ARL, INC.

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from an opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission awarding plaintiff compensation for temporary total disability, permanent partial disability, and medical expenses for frostbite injuries to both hands. Defendant challenges the Commission’s jurisdictional findings and conclusions that an employment relationship within the meaning of the Workers’ Compensation Act existed between plaintiff and defendant, as well as the Commission’s conclusion that plaintiff sustained an injury by accident arising out of his employment.

As pertinent to the…