Masood v. Erwin Oil Co.

HUDSON, Judge.

Plaintiff filed a workers’ compensation claim on 23 February 2000 against plaintiffs uninsured employer, Iftikhar Taj Abbasi (“Abbasi”), who does business as Tri-Star Amoco Food Shop (“Tri-Star Amoco”), and against Erwin Oil Company (“Erwin Oil”) as a statutory employer pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-19 (2002). The workers’ compensation case was stayed while plaintiff proceeded with a tort action against both Abbasi and Erwin Oil. Plaintiff dismissed his workers’ compensation and civil claims against Abbasi after reaching a settlement with that employer’s general liability…