HAWKINS v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. COA08-1436.

683 S.E.2d 385 (2009)

Merlin HAWKINS, Employee, Plaintiff-Appellee v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Employer, Electric Insurance Co., Carrier, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Younce & Vtipil, P.A., by Robert C. Younce, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Young Moore and Henderson P.A., by Jeffrey T. Linder, Raleigh, and Martin R. Jernigan, for defendants-appellants.


CALABRIA, Judge.

General Electric Company ("GE") and Electric Insurance Co. ("insurer"), the workers' compensation carrier (collectively, "defendants"), appeal from the North Carolina Industrial Commission's ("the Commission") Opinion and Award, which granted Merlin Hawkins ("plaintiff") temporary total disability benefits. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiff was hired by the GE Aircraft Engine Manufacturing facility in Durham as an assembly and...

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