PUCKETT v. NORANDAL USA, INC.

No. COA10-805.

710 S.E.2d 356 (2011)

Derwood Sink PUCKETT, Plaintiff v. NORANDAL USA, INC., Employer, and Cigna/ACE USA/Esis, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace and Graham, P.A., Salisbury, by Edward L. Pauley , for Plaintiff-appellant.

Hedrick, Gardner, Kincheloe & Garofalo, L.L.P., Charlotte, by Harmony Whalen Taylor and M. Duane Jones , for Defendant-appellees.


ERVIN, Judge.

Plaintiff Derwood Sink Puckett appeals from an Opinion and Award entered by the Industrial Commission denying Plaintiff's motion to have the accrued interest relating to his workers' compensation benefits calculated from 1 March 2004 instead of from 1 May 2006. On appeal, Plaintiff argues that a hearing held on 1 March 2004 should be treated as the initial hearing held with respect to his workers' compensation claim for interest-related purposes, so...

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