Roper v. J. P. Stevens & Co.

HILL, Judge.

After the evidentiary hearings, Commissioner Coy M. Vance filed an opinion and award which included the following findings of fact, in relevant part:

1. Plaintiff is a 60 year old female who had worked for defendant employer 22 years prior to December 30, 1977, the date of the injury by accident arising out of and in the course of her employment. ...

2. On December 30, 1977, plaintiff fell from a platform she worked on and broke her hip and right leg in three places. She was admitted to Grace Hospital in Morganton, North Carolina. Pins were placed in the hip and right leg, and the…