Farley v. North Carolina Department of Labor

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from an opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission awarding plaintiff benefits for total and permanent disability, and denying defendant’s request for credit for a portion of a lump sum payment previously made to plaintiff for permanent partial disability.

The record shows that plaintiff began employment with the North Carolina Department of Labor (defendant-employer) as a boiler inspector in February 1992. Prior to his employment with defendant-employer, plaintiff had a history of medical problems with his right hip, and sometime prior to…