LITTLE v. PENN VENTILATOR CO.

No. 398PA85.

345 S.E.2d 204 (1986)

Kenneth LITTLE, Employee, Plaintiff v. PENN VENTILATOR COMPANY, Employer; and Home Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph G. Jorgensen, Tabor City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe by William J. Garrity and Edward L. Eatman, Charlotte, for defendants-appellees.


EXUM, Justice.

Plaintiff seeks workers' compensation for an injury to his left eye. A deputy commissioner of the Industrial Commission awarded plaintiff $2500 under N.C.G.S. § 97-31(24) for permanent eye injury and medical expenses incurred as a result of the injury until plaintiff reached maximum improvement. The deputy commissioner denied any future medical expenses after plaintiff reached maximum medical improvement concluding: "There is no provision in the...

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