Legal Opinion
Lanning v. Fieldcrest-Cannon, Inc.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 16, 2000No. 360PA99PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Justice.
The issue before this Court is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that plaintiff-employee’s income from his multilevel marketing distributorship constitutes wages and that the Industrial Commission, therefore, erred in determining that plaintiff is totally disabled under N.C.G.S. § 97-29.
On 11 March 1991 a deputy commissioner awarded plaintiff compensation for total disability in the amount of $256.45 per week “for the remainder of his life, his return to work or a change in his condition, whichever first occurs.” On 1 July 1992 the Industrial Commission adopted and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hilliard v. Apex Cabinet Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
- Adams v. AVX Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
- Peoples v. Cone Mills Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
- Anderson v. LINCOLN CONSTRUCTION COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- Hendrix v. Linn-Corriher Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Holley v. Acts, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 2003
- Collins v. Speedway Motor Sports Corp.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2004
- RPR & Associates, Inc. v. University of North Carolina-Chapel HillCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2002
- Hensley v. Industrial Maintenance OverflowCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2004
- Devlin v. Apple Gold, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2002
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