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WATKINS v. CENTRAL MOTOR LINES, INC.

No. 103.

181 S.E.2d 588 (1971)

279 N.C. 132

J. R. WATKINS, Employee, v. CENTRAL MOTOR LINES, INC., Employer, and Michigan Mutual Liability, Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas, Ravenel, Hardy & Crihfield, by G. S. Crihfield, Greensboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Robert L. Scott, Charlotte, for defendant appellees.

HUSKINS, Justice:

Is plaintiff's permanent partial disability a "change in condition" within the meaning of G.S. 97-47? If so, are defendants estopped to plead the statute in bar of plaintiff's claim for additional compensation? Answers to these questions are determinative on this appeal.

Where a claimant suffers an injury that results in temporary total disability followed by a specific disability compensable under G.S. 97-31, compensation for the specific...

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