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WALL v. MACFIELD/UNIFI

No. COA98-285.

509 S.E.2d 798 (1998)

Virginia WALL, Employee, Plaintiff, v. MACFIELD/UNIFI, Employer, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray, Newell & Johnson, L.L.P., by Angela Newell Gray, Greensboro, for plaintiffappellant.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Clayton M. Custer and Lawrence B. Somers, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

First we consider whether the Full Commission erred in reversing the deputy commissioner's award to plaintiff and concluding that plaintiff's claim was time barred under G.S. 97-24. Plaintiff argues that the Industrial Commission does not have jurisdiction over plaintiff's claim until the employer has filed an accident report with the Commission. After careful review, we disagree.

G.S. 97-24 states that "[t]he right to compensation under...

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