Shingleton v. Kobacker Group

HUNTER, Judge.

Kobacker Group and Continental Insurance Company (collectively, “defendants”) appeal an opinion and award of the Industrial Commission concluding Julie Shingleton (“plaintiff’) has sustained a substantial change in condition entitling her to further disability compensation. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the Commission’s opinion and award.

The facts pertinent to this appeal are as follows. On 15 June 1989, plaintiff sustained an injury to her lower back while working for defendant, Kobacker Group, as the manager of a shoe store in Wilmington, North Carolina. Plaintiff…