Green v. Briley

Decision here is controlled by the provisions of G.S. 97-48 (c), which reads: “Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith to a dependent subsequent in right to another or other dependents shall protect and discharge the employer, unless and until such dependent or dependents prior in right shall have given notice of his or their claims.”

True, under the provisions of G.S. 97-47 the Industrial Commission may review an award, but this statute expressly provides that no such review shall affect an award as regards money previously paid.

The evidence taken and the stipulations entered…