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CLODFELTER v. UNITED FURNITURE CO.

No. 7710IC954.

247 S.E.2d 263 (1978)

38 N.C. App. 45

Charles CLODFELTER, Employee-Plaintiff, v. UNITED FURNITURE COMPANY, Employer, American Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerrans & Spence, by C. E. Gerrans, Kinston, for plaintiff.

Teague, Johnson, Patterson, Dilthey & Clay, by George W. Dennis, III, Raleigh, for defendants.

MARTIN, Judge.

The question for decision is whether there was sufficient evidence of estoppel to give the North Carolina Industrial Commission jurisdiction when no claim was filed by the plaintiff within the time allowed by G.S. 97-24(a). We answer the question in the negative. G.S. 97-24(a) provides:

"The right to compensation under this Article shall be forever barred unless a claim be filed with the Industrial Commission within two years after the accident...

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