BRADLEY v. MISSION ST. JOSEPH'S

No. COA06-100.

638 S.E.2d 254 (2006)

Donna B. BRADLEY, Employee, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. MISSION ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTH SYSTEM, Employer, and Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc., Third Party Administrator, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of David Gantt, by David Gantt, Asheville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Van Winkle Buck Wall Starnes & Davis, PA, by Allan R. Tarleton, Asheville, for defendants-appellees.


WYNN, Judge.

When an employer uses a Form 63 to make payments to an employee for a workers' compensation claim without prejudice to later deny that claim, the employer must show that it had reasonable grounds to support its initial uncertainty as to the claim's compensability.1 Plaintiff Donna Bradley argues that the Industrial Commission's findings of fact were not supported by any evidence demonstrating that Defendant Mission St. Joseph...

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