Apple v. Guilford County

MARTIN, Justice.

This workers’ compensation case comes before us solely on the question of whether plaintiffs application for additional compensation, based on change of condition, was time-barred by section 97-47 of the Workers’ Compensation Act. We hold that it was and therefore reverse the Court of Appeals.

Plaintiff, Polly Ann Apple, was injured on 18 September 1980 when the van in which she was riding was involved in an accident. When the accident occurred, plaintiff was engaged in her duties as a transportation matron for the Guilford County Sheriffs Department. She sustained lacerations…