Grantham v. R. G. Barry Corp.

MARTIN, Mark D., Judge.

Defendants R. G. Barry Corporation (Barry) and Transportation Insurance Company appeal from opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (Commission) awarding plaintiff permanent and total disability benefits.

This is the second appeal arising out of the present case. Accordingly, we adopt the factual recitation from our previous opinion, Grantham v. R. G. Barry Corp., 115 N.C. App. 293, 444 S.E.2d 659 (1994) (hereinafter Grantham I), and update the relevant facts as follows.

Plaintiff worked for Barry from 1969 until 1989 in various positions…