Gregory v. W.A. Brown & Sons

McCullough, Judge.

Defendants appeal from an opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission finding that defendants were not prejudiced by plaintiff’s failure to give written notice of her work injury within 30 days. We affirm.

I. Background

Andrea Gregory (“plaintiff’) began working for W.A. Brown & Sons (“defendant-employer”) in June 1999 as a metal shop worker building industrial walk-in coolers. As of October 2001, plaintiff had been experiencing intermittent lower back pain for approximately six months and was taking an over-the-counter medication for the pain. During the…