Timmons v. N. Carolina Dep't of Transp., 351 N.C. 177, 522 S.E.2d 62 (1999)
Dec 03, 1999OUTCOME: The Supreme Court of North Carolina required the employer to pay for the life care plan.
Employee who was rendered paraplegic by workplace injury filed motion requesting that Industrial Commission order life care plan to be prepared at employer's expense. Upon remand, 123 N.C.App. 456, 473 ... S.E.2d 356, the Industrial Commission ordered employer to pay for life care plan as developed by medical rehabilitation expert, which order was affirmed in part and reversed in part on appeal, 130 N.C.App. 745, 504 S.E.2d 567. Upon remand for reconsideration, the Court of Appeals adhered to its prior holding that employer was not required to pay cost of preparing life care plan, 132 N.C.App. 377, 511 S.E.2d 659. On discretionary review, the Supreme Court, Frye, C.J., held that competent evidence supported Commission's finding that life care plan was necessary as result of employee's injuries.
