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STRICKLAND v. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 8610IC1273.

361 S.E.2d 394 (1987)

87 N.C. App. 507

Mary Alene STRICKLAND Employee, Plaintiff, v. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC., Employer and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lore & McClearen by R. Edwin McClearen, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by C. Ernest Simons and Steven M. Sartorio, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.

ORR, Judge.

Plaintiff contends that since the Industrial Commission made a finding of permanent disability, it should have also made findings regarding her loss of wage earning capacity under N.C.G.S. §§ 97-29 or 97-30 and then made an award. Often an award under N.C.G.S. § 97-29, and by implication N.C.G.S. § 97-30, better fulfills the policy of the Workers' Compensation Act than an award under N.C.G.S. § 97-31(24), because it is a more favorable...

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