JOHNSON v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE

No. COA01-319.

561 S.E.2d 349 (2002)

Phillip JOHNSON, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mast, Schulz, Mast, Mills & Stem, PA, by Charles D. Mast, Smithfield, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, LLP, by P. Collins Barwick, III and Jaye E. Bingham, Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


THOMAS, Judge.

Plaintiff, Phillip Johnson, appeals from an opinion and award by the North Carolina Industrial Commission (Commission) regarding the taxing of attorney fees in a workers' compensation claim. For the reasons discussed herein, we reverse.

The parties stipulated to the following facts: Plaintiff was working for defendant, the United Parcel Service (UPS), when he sustained a compensable back injury on 11 June 1991. The parties entered into a Form...

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