NC Court of Appeals Remands Case on Converting Weekly Benefits to Lump-Sum Award to Full Commission

Julia Hooten, Tracey Jones and Shivani Shah

In a recent decision issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals, Judge Chris Dillion remanded Blackwell v. N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Instruction back to the Full Commission where a claimant’s appeal to convert her weekly benefits to a single, lump-sum award was denied. Background of the Case The claimant was a former high school…