LANNING v. FIELDCREST-CANNON, INC.

No. 360PA99.

530 S.E.2d 54 (2000)

352 N.C. 98

Kyle J. LANNING, Employee, v. FIELDCREST-CANNON, INC., Self-Insured, Employer.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton, Rhodes & Carlton, by Gary C. Rhodes, Salisbury, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by Jeri L. Whitfield and Manning A. Connors, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee.


PARKER, Justice.

The issue before this Court is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that plaintiff-employee's income from his multilevel marketing distributorship constitutes wages and that the Industrial Commission, therefore, erred in determining that plaintiff is totally disabled under N.C.G.S. § 97-29.

On 11 March 1991 a deputy commissioner awarded plaintiff compensation for total disability in the amount of $256.45 per week "for the remainder...

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