Hoyle v. Carolina Associated Mills

This matter had been appealed by plaintiff to the Court of Appeals from the Full Commission's 15 December 1994 Opinion and Award affirming the prior decision of Deputy Commissioner Charles Markham, which denied plaintiff's claim for total and permanent disability.

The primary issues on appeal, as identified by the Court of Appeals, were (1) whether the Industrial Commission erred by failing to apply the presumption, in Watkins v. Motor Lines,279 N.C. 132, 181 S.E.2d 588 (1971), that plaintiff's temporary total disability continues until she returns to work at the same wage earned prior to the…