COCKRELL v. EVANS LUMBER CO.

No. 9010IC178.

407 S.E.2d 248 (1991)

103 N.C. App. 359

Effie COCKRELL, Widow of Dorsey Cockrell, Deceased Employee, Plaintiff, v. EVANS LUMBER COMPANY, Self-Insured Employer, (Alexsis, Inc., Servicing Agent), Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valentine, Adams, Lamar, Etheridge & Sykes, by Raymond M. Sykes, Jr., Nashville, for plaintiff appellant.

Maupin Taylor Ellis & Adams, P.A., by Richard M. Lewis and Jack S. Holmes, Raleigh, for defendant appellee.


PHILLIPS, Judge.

The appeal in this workers' compensation case is from a decision refusing to modify or set aside a final award entered by the Commission on 13 February 1980. The award approved a settlement between the parties requiring defendant to pay plaintiff $67.33 a week for 400 weeks because of her husband's death by accident while working for defendant; and under the provisions of G.S. 97-17 it may be set aside only upon grounds specified therein, one of which...

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