Hauser v. Advanced Plastiform, Inc.

In an Opinion and Award filed 20 March 1998 the Commission reversed Deputy Commissioner Margaret Morgan and ruled that the death of employee decedent was compensable under the Workers Compensation Act. After giving notice of appeal to the N.C. Court of Appeals but before filing the record on appeal, Defendants moved the Industrial Commission for a credit in the amount of $50,000.00 against the death benefits awarded for the proceeds of a life insurance policy paid in behalf of the employee decedent. The employer had paid the premiums on this policy as a fringe benefit to the employee…