Reed v. Carolina Holdings

INMAN, Judge.

*783 A defendant may not argue on appeal that the North Carolina Industrial Commission lacks the authority to award fees for attorneys to be paid out of an award of medical compensation without preserving the issue before the Commission. An award of attendant care compensation will be upheld where the Commission's findings of fact are supported by competent evidence and the findings of fact support the Commission's conclusion of law that the attendant care services are reasonable and necessary.

Carolina Holdings, Wolseley Management, and ACE USA/ESIS ("Defendants") appeal from an…