Higgins v. Michael Powell Builders

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant Key Benefit Services (Key Benefit), the servicing agent for the North Carolina Mutual Employer Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation Fund, appeals from an opinion and award of the Full Commission awarding plaintiff continuing total disability benefits for an injury sustained by plaintiff on 16 September 1996, when plaintiff fell out of a window while working for defendant Michael W. Powell Builders, Inc. (Powell Builders). Powell Builders was self-insured for workers’ compensation purposes through the North Carolina Mutual Employer Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation Fund.

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