Barrington v. Employment Security Commission

BRASWELL, Judge.

The sole question presented asks whether the result reached by the Industrial Commission is contrary to law as set forth in Godley v. County of Pitt, 306 N.C. 357, 293 S.E. 2d 167 (1982). Having determined as a matter of law that we are bound by the doctrine of the law of the case, it is not appropriate for this Court to consider what the Supreme Court said in the above cited decision. Consequently, we affirm the decision of the Industrial Commission.

A brief history of events will serve to focus on why the law of the case applies. The Employment Security Commission (ESC), as…