Brown v. N.C. Department of Public Safety (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-206-17, 16 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from the Industrial Commission. N.C. App. Holding: Even though the decedent’s back injury – which was not a proximate cause of his subsequent ...

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Lockard v. Chapel Hill Rehabilitation Center Even though plaintiff's pay was high for a data entry position, it was a necessary position for the defendant-employer and within plaintiff's medical restrictions. When plaintiff was suspended from the data entry position for poor performance, she constructively refused suitable work.

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McLemore v. Garner Construction Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-08-0836, 5 pp.) (Laura Kranifeld Mavretic, Commissioner) (Danny Lee McDonald, Commissioner, dissenting without written opinion) Appealed from Opinion & Award of Deputy Commissioner Robert J. Harris. I.C. No. 224154. Holding: Although on ...

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Bolejack v. Mobilift of Burlington, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0704, 12 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from the Industrial Commission. N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although plaintiff had non-disabling back pain before the on-the-job fall that injured his hip, ...

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This case, which was pending in a rural, western part of the state, settled for $10 million just before the trial was scheduled to start. The plaintiff, a 34-year-old male, had two jobs, the second of which was making deliveries ...

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