Norman v. FOOD LION, LLC

HUNTER, JR., Robert N., Judge.

Food Lion, LLC/Delhaize America, Inc., and Risk Management Services, Inc. (“Defendants”) appeal from the Industrial Commission’s 2 July 2010 Order assessing a ten percent penalty against Defendants for their late payment of the Deputy Commissioner’s 27 April 2010 Award for Temporary Total Disability (“TTD”) compensation to William I. Norman (“Plaintiff’). Defendants argue N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 97-18(e) and 97-86 of the Workers’ Compensation Act should be read together to find that payment of an award of the Industrial Commission does not become due until all appeals…