CHAFFINS v. TAR HEEL CAPITAL CORP.

No. COA13-332.

750 S.E.2d 536 (2013)

Sonya CHAFFINS, Employee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TAR HEEL CAPITAL CORPORATION, Employer, and Companion Property & Casualty Co., Carrier, Defendant-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Mills, PLLC, Ashville by Reed G. Williams , for plaintiff-appellee.

Rudisill, White & Kaplan, PLLC, Charlotte by Stephen Kushner , for defendant-appellants.


McCULLOUGH, Judge.

Defendants Tar Heel Capital Corporation, the employer, and Companion Property & Casualty Co., the insurance carrier, appeal from the opinion and award of the Industrial Commission (the "Commission") in favor of employee Sonya Chaffins ("plaintiff"). For the following reasons, we reverse.

I. Background

This workers' compensation action stems from an admittedly compensable back...

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