FOSTER v. WESTERN-ELEC. CO.

No. 624A86.

357 S.E.2d 670 (1987)

320 N.C. 113

Belva S. FOSTER, Employee, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. WESTERN-ELECTRIC CO., Employer, Self-Insured, Defendant, Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frye and Kasper by Warren E. Kasper, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellee.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice by Richard T. Rice, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


MARTIN, Justice.

The sole issue raised on this appeal is whether defendant-employer is entitled to a credit of payments made to plaintiff-employee under a private disability plan against the amount owed plaintiff as workers' compensation. We hold that defendant is entitled to a credit under N.C.G.S. § 97-42 and accordingly reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.

Plaintiff, an employee of defendant's, was injured on 17 March 1982 when an automobile...

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