Styron v. Duke University Hospital

GREENE, Judge.

Defendant Duke University appeals from an Industrial Commission Opinion and Award finding a change in plaintiff’s condition and thus increasing an earlier award.

*357On 24 December 1982, the plaintiff Lila Lee Styron injured her back while employed at Duke University’s Sea Level Hospital. As a result of this injury, the Industrial Commission on 18 September 1984 determined the plaintiff sustained a 32.5% permanent partial disability to her back. Within apt time, Ms. Styron re-opened the claim based on an alleged change in condition. The Industrial Commission on 30 September 1988…