Strickland v. Martin Marietta Materials

McCullough, Judge.

Defendant-employer Martin Marietta Materials and defendant-insurer Specialty Risk Services appeal from an Amended Opinion and Award entered 11 January 2008 by the Full Commission (“the Commission”). Defendants assigns error to the Commission’s decision to reduce their credit for short-term disability benefits paid to plaintiff by twenty-five percent (25%) in order to partially fund attorney’s fees for plaintiff. We hold that defendants are entitled to receive full credit, under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-42, for all compensation made to plaintiff under their short-term disability…