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RACKLEY v. COASTAL PAINTING

No. COA01-1363.

570 S.E.2d 121 (2002)

James Charles RACKLEY, Jr., Employee, Plaintiff, v. COASTAL PAINTING, Employer, and Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taft, Taft & Haigler, P.A., by Thomas Taft, Sr., Greenville, and Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P., by Martha A. Geer, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Morris York Williams Surles & Barringer, LLP, by John F. Morris, Charlotte, and Amy E. Echerd, Huntersville, for defendant-appellants.

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendants appeal from the Commission's award to plaintiff of permanent total disability benefits and medical expenses, as well as an award for costs and attorney's fees under G.S. §§ 97-88 and 97-88.1. Evidence before the Commission tends to show that on 9 August 1996, plaintiff, who was 21 years of age, was employed by defendant Coastal Painting as a house painter. Around 8:30 a.m. on 9 August 1996, plaintiff and his co-workers arrived at...

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