CHAISSON v. SIMPSON

No. COA08-704.

673 S.E.2d 149 (2009)

Scott CHAISSON, Employee, Plaintiff, v. Red SIMPSON, Employer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Jernigan Law Firm, by Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Hedrick, Gardner, Kincheloe & Garofalo, L.L.P., by J.A. Gardner, III, and M. Duane Jones, Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant-employer Red Simpson and defendant-carrier Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (collectively "defendants") appeal from an Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission ("Commission") approving a compromise settlement agreement and awarding attorney's fees and costs in favor of plaintiff-employee Scott Chaisson ("plaintiff"). We affirm.

The parties do not dispute that, on 21 February 2003, plaintiff sustained an injury...

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