Calloway v. Shuford Mills

BECTON, Judge.

I

Plaintiff, Carson Calloway, filed a claim under North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Act, seeking benefits for disability resulting from an occupational disease. A Deputy Commissioner concluded that Calloway was permanently partially disabled as a result of his chronic obstructive lung disease and awarded three hundred weeks of benefits plus medical expenses and costs. The Commission then modified this opinion and award to allow a credit for wages earned by Calloway since he was determined to be disabled. Defendants Shuford Mills and American Mutual Insurance Company appeal,…