RUGGERY v. N.C. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. COA98-1289.

520 S.E.2d 77 (1999)

Joseph RUGGERY, Employee, Plaintiff, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Employer, Self-Insured, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucas, Bryant & Denning, P.A., by Sarah Edwards Mills, Selma, for plaintiff-appellee.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley, by Assistant Attorney General William H. Borden, for defendant-appellant.


TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

The North Carolina Department of Corrections ("employer") appeals from the Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission ("Commission") requiring it to restore to the sick and vacation leave accounts of Joseph Ruggery ("employee") time charged to said accounts and to reimburse him for medical payments he may have made for treatment of his compensable injury. In addition, employer was ordered to pay an attorney's fee of five...

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