Watkins v. City of Wilmington

MOORE, Justice.

On appeal, defendants assign as error the deputy commissioner’s Findings of Fact Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9 for the reason that they were not supported by competent evidence. In reviewing the findings found by a deputy commissioner or by an individual member of the Commission when acting as a hearing commissioner, the Commission may review, modify, adopt, or reject the findings of fact found by the hearing commissioner. The Commission is the fact-finding body under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Lee v. Henderson & Associates, 284 N.C. 126, 200 S.E. 2d 32 (1973); Brewer v. Trucking…