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ATIAPO v. GOREE LOGISTICS, INC.

No. COA14-977.

770 S.E.2d 684 (2015)

Frances ATIAPO, Employee, Plaintiff, v. GOREE LOGISTICS, INC., and Owen Thomas, Inc., Employer, Noninsured, Defendants. and The North Carolina Industrial Commission v. Goree Logistics, Inc., and Owen Thomas, Inc., Noninsured Employer, and Mandieme Diouf, Individually, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 17, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grandy & Martin, P.A., Charlotte, by Kenneth C. Martin , for plaintiff-appellee Frances Atiapo.

Lawrence P. Margolis , Charlotte, for defendants-appellants Goree Logistics, Inc. and Mandieme Diouf.

Ferguson, Scarbrough, Hayes, Hawkins & DeMay, PLLC, Concord, by John F. Scarbrough , for defendant-appellant Owen Thomas, Inc.

Where the evidence supported a finding that Owen Thomas was a general contractor, the Industrial Commission did not err in holding Owen Thomas liable as a statutory employer pursuant to N.C. Gen.Stat. § 97-19.1. Where an employer failed to carry workers' compensation insurance, the Industrial Commission did not err in imposing...

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