Cole v. Triangle Brick

JOHN, Judge.

Defendants appeal an Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (the Commission) reducing by twenty-five percent defendants’ credit for payments made under a disability *402insurance policy fully funded by defendant Triangle Brick (Triangle). We affirm the Commission.

Pertinent facts and procedural history include the following: Plaintiff Bruce Cole’s “history of intermittent lower back problems” was aggravated by the demands of his position with Triangle. While working, plaintiff reinjured his lower back 25 November 1994 and 31 March 1995, and subsequently filed a…