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GUPTON v. BUILDERS TRANSPORT

No. 8610IC243.

348 S.E.2d 601 (1986)

Ronald D. GUPTON, Employee, Plaintiff; v. BUILDERS TRANSPORT, Employer, and Self-Insured, Carrier, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lore & McClearen by R. James Lore, Raleigh, for employee, plaintiff.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Richard T. Rice and Nancy R. Hatch, Winston-Salem for carrier, defendant.

EAGLES, Judge.

I

Under G.S. 97-31(16), an employee is compensated for the loss of an eye in an amount equal to sixty-six and two-thirds of his average weekly wages for 120 weeks. As in the case of other scheduled injuries listed in G.S. 97-31, this has the practical effect of placing a specific dollar value on the injury based on the plaintiff's past wages. Similarly, when the employee suffers a partial "loss of vision," G.S. 97-31(19) provides that the...

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