Workman v. Rutherford Electric Membership Corp.

TYSON, Judge.

Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation (“REMC”) and Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange (“agent”) (collectively, “defendant”) appeal from opinion and award entered by the Full Commission of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (“the Commission”) that awarded Johnny E. Workman (“plaintiff’) total disability compensation. We affirm in part and remand for further findings of fact.

I. Background

Plaintiff was employed by REMC as a first-class lineman. His job included repairing damaged electrical power lines, which required him to climb utility poles. On 21 February…