Carter v. Flowers Baking Company

The hearing Deputy concluded that defendant's witnesses deliberately concocted a false story of a non-work related injury, and that assessment of attorney's fees per N.C.G.S. § 97-88.1 was appropriate. Plaintiff's counsel had a contingency fee agreement for one-third (1/3) of any recovery, which the Deputy Commissioner found to be reasonable per N.C.G.S. § 97-90(c) (see Finding of Fact 31), and — as the Full Commission understood his Order — he ordered defendants to pay a sum equal to that amount directly to plaintiff's counsel, in addition to compensation awarded, per N.C.G.S. § 97-88.1.…