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NC Gen Stat § 97-35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-35 - How compensation paid for two injuries; employer liable only for subsequent injury.

 97-35. How compensation paid for two injuries; employer liable only for subsequent injury.If any employee receives a permanent injury as specified in G.S. 97-31 after having sustained another permanent injury in the same employment, he shall be entitled to compensation for both injuries, but the total compensation shall be paid by extending the period and not by increasing the amount of weekly compensation, and in no case exceeding 500 weeks.If an employee has previously incurred permanent partial disability through the loss of a hand, arm, foot, leg, or eye, and by subsequent accident incurs total permanent disability through the loss of another member, the employer's liability is for the subsequent injury only. (1929, c. 120, s. 35.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-36 - Accidents taking place outside State; employees receiving compensation from another state.

 97-36. Accidents taking place outside State; employees receiving compensation from another state.Where an accident happens while the employee is employed elsewhere than in this State and the accident is one which would entitle him or his dependents or next of kin to compensation if it had happened in this State, then the employee or his dependents or next of kin shall be entitled to compensation (i) if the contract of employment was made in this State, (ii) if the employer's principal place of business is in this State, or (iii) if the employee's principal place of employment is within this State; provided, however, that if an employee or his dependents or next of kin shall receive compensation or damages under the laws of any other state nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to permit a total compensation for the same injury greater than is provided for in this Article. (1929, c. 120, s. 36; 1963, c. 450, s. 2; 1967, c. 1229, s. 3; 1973, c. 1059; 1991, c. 284.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-37 - Where injured employee dies before total compensation is paid.

 97-37. Where injured employee dies before total compensation is paid.When an employee receives or is entitled to compensation under this Article for an injury covered by G.S. 97-31 and dies from any other cause than the injury for which he was entitled to compensation, payment of the unpaid balance of compensation shall be made: First, to the surviving whole dependents; second, to partial dependents, and, if no dependents, to the next of kin as defined in the Article; if there are no whole or partial dependents or next of kin as defined in the Article, then to the personal representative, in lieu of the compensation the employee would have been entitled to had he lived.Provided, however, that if the death is due to a cause that is compensable under this Article, and the dependents of such employee are awarded compensation therefor, all right to unpaid compensation provided by this section shall cease and determine. (1929, c. 120, s. 37; 1947, c. 823; 1971, c. 322.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-39 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-39 - Widow, widower, or child to be conclusively presumed to be dependent; other cases determined upon facts; division of death benefits among those wholly dependent; when division among partially dependent.

 97-39. Widow, widower, or child to be conclusively presumed to be dependent; other cases determined upon facts; division of death benefits among those wholly dependent; when division among partially dependent.A widow, a widower and/or a child shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon the deceased employee. In all other cases questions of dependency, in whole or in part shall be determined in accordance with the facts as the facts may be at the time of the accident, but no allowance shall be made for any payment made in lieu of board and lodging or services, and no compensation shall be allowed unless the dependency existed for a period of three months or more prior to the accident. If there is more than one person wholly dependent, the death benefit shall be divided among them, the persons partly dependent, if any, shall receive no part thereof. If there is no one wholly dependent, and more than one person partially dependent, the death benefit shall be divided among them according to the relative extent of their dependency.The widow, or widower and all children of deceased employees shall be conclusively presumed to be dependents of deceased and shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this Article for the full periods specified herein. (1929, c. 120, s. 39.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-40 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-40 - Commutation and payment of compensation in absence of dependents; "next of kin" defined; commutation and distribution of compensation to partially dependent next of kin; payment in absence of both dependents and next of kin.

 97-40. Commutation and payment of compensation in absence of dependents; "next of kin" defined; commutation and distribution of compensation to partially dependent next of kin; payment in absence of both dependents and next of kin.Subject to the provisions of G.S. 97-38, if the deceased employee leaves neither whole nor partial dependents, then the compensation which would be payable under G.S. 97-38 to whole dependents shall be commuted to its present value and paid in a lump sum to the next of kin as herein defined. For purposes of this section and G.S. 97-38, "next of kin" shall include only child, father, mother, brother or sister of the deceased employee, including adult children or adult brothers or adult sisters of the deceased, but excluding a parent who has willfully abandoned the care and maintenance of his or her child and who has not resumed its care and maintenance at least one year prior to the first occurring of the majority or death of the child and continued its care and maintenance until its death or majority. For all such next of kin who are neither wholly nor partially dependent upon the deceased employee and who take under this section, the order of priority among them shall be governed by the general law applicable to the distribution of the personal estate of persons dying intestate. In the event of exclusion of a parent based on abandonment, the claim for compensation benefits shall be treated as though the abandoning parent had predeceased the employee. For all such next of kin who were also partially dependent on the deceased employee but who exercise the election provided for partial dependents by G.S. 97-38, the general law applicable to the distribution of the personal estate of persons dying intestate shall not apply and such person or persons upon the exercise of such election, shall be entitled, share and share alike, to the compensation provided in G.S. 97-38 for whole dependents commuted to its present value and paid in a lump sum.If the deceased employee leaves neither whole dependents, partial dependents, nor next of kin as hereinabove defined, then no compensation shall be due or payable on account of the death of the deceased employee, except that the employer shall pay or cause to be paid the burial expenses of the deceased employee not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to the person or persons entitled thereto.  (1929, c. 120, s. 40; 1931, c. 274, s. 5; c. 319; 1945, c. 766; 1953, c. 53, s. 2; c. 1135, s. 2; 1963, c. 604, s. 4; 1965, c. 419; 1967, c. 84, s. 5; 1971, c. 1179; 1981, c. 379; 1987, c. 729, s. 10; 2001-232, s. 3.1; 2011-287, s. 15.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-42 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-42 - Deduction of payments.

 97-42. Deduction of payments.Payments made by the employer to the injured employee during the period of his disability, or to his dependents, which by the terms of this Article were not due and payable when made, may, subject to the approval of the Commission be deducted from the amount to be paid as compensation. Provided, that in the case of disability such deductions shall be made by shortening the period during which compensation must be paid, and not by reducing the amount of the weekly payment. Unless otherwise provided by the plan, when payments are made to an injured employee pursuant to an employer-funded salary continuation, disability or other income replacement plan, the deduction shall be calculated from payments made by the employer in each week during which compensation was due and payable, without any carry-forward or carry-back of credit for amounts paid in excess of the compensation rate in any given week. (1929, c. 120, s. 42; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 679, s. 3.7.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-42.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-42.1 - Credit for unemployment benefits.

 97-42.1. Credit for unemployment benefits.If an injured employee has received unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law for any week with respect to which he is entitled to workers' compensation benefits for temporary total or permanent and total disability, the employment benefits paid for such weeks may be deducted from the award to be paid as compensation. If an injured employee has received unemployment benefits for any week with respect to which he is entitled to workers' compensation benefits for partial disability as provided in G.S. 97-30, the unemployment benefits paid for such weeks may be deducted from the award to be paid only to the extent that the sum of the unemployment benefits and workers' compensation payable for such week exceeds two-thirds of the injured employee's average weekly wages as determined by the Commission in accordance with G.S. 97-2(5). Benefits payable under G.S. 97-31 for permanent partial disability or other permanent injury shall not be subject to reduction because of the receipt of unemployment benefits. (1985, c. 616, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-43 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-43 - Commission may prescribe monthly or quarterly payments.

 97-43. Commission may prescribe monthly or quarterly payments.The Industrial Commission, upon application of either party, may, in its discretion, having regard to the welfare of the employee and the convenience of the employer, authorize compensation to be paid monthly or quarterly instead of weekly. (1929, c. 120, s. 43.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-44 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-44 - Lump sums.

 97-44. Lump sums.Whenever any weekly payment has been continued for not less than six weeks, the liability therefor may, in unusual cases, where the Industrial Commission deems it to be to the best interest of the employee or his dependents, or where it will prevent undue hardships on the employer or his insurance carrier, without prejudicing the interests of the employee or his dependents, be redeemed, in whole or in part, by the payment by the employer of a lump sum which shall be fixed by the Commission, but in no case to exceed the uncommuted value of the future installments which may be due under this Article. The Commission, however, in its discretion, may at any time in the case of a minor who has received permanently disabling injuries either partial or total provide that he be compensated, in whole or in part, by the payment of a lump sum, the amount of which shall be fixed by the Commission, but in no case to exceed the uncommuted value of the future installments which may be due under this Article. (1929, c. 120, s. 44; 1963, c. 450, s. 4; 1975, c. 255.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-45 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-45 - Reducing to judgment outstanding liability of insurance carriers withdrawing from State.

 97-45. Reducing to judgment outstanding liability of insurance carriers withdrawing from State.Upon the withdrawal of any insurance carrier from doing business in the State that has any outstanding liability under the Workers' Compensation Act, the Insurance Commissioner shall immediately notify the North Carolina Industrial Commission, and thereupon the said North Carolina Industrial Commission shall issue an award against said insurance carrier and commute the installments due the injured employee or employees, and immediately have said award docketed in the superior court of the county in which the claimant resides, and the said North Carolina Industrial Commission shall then cause suit to be brought on said judgment in the state of the residence of any such insurance carrier, and the proceeds from said judgment after deducting the cost, if any, of the proceeding, shall be turned over to the injured employee, or employees, taking from such employee, or employees, the proper receipt in satisfaction of his claim. (1933, c. 474; 1979, c. 714, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-46 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-46 - Lump sum payments to trustee; receipt to discharge employer.

 97-46. Lump sum payments to trustee; receipt to discharge employer.Whenever the Industrial Commission deems it expedient any lump sum, subject to the provisions of G.S. 97-44, shall be paid by the employer to some suitable person or corporation appointed by the superior court in the county wherein the accident occurred, as trustee, to administer the same for the benefit of the person entitled thereto, in the manner provided by the Commission. The receipt of such trustee for the amount as paid shall discharge the employer or anyone else who is liable therefor. (1929, c. 120, s. 45.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-47 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-47 - Change of condition; modification of award.

 97-47. Change of condition; modification of award.Upon its own motion or upon the application of any party in interest on the grounds of a change in condition, the Industrial Commission may review any award, and on such review may make an award ending, diminishing, or increasing the compensation previously awarded, subject to the maximum or minimum provided in this Article, and shall immediately send to the parties a copy of the award. No such review shall affect such award as regards any moneys paid but no such review shall be made after two years from the date of the last payment of compensation pursuant to an award under this Article, except that in cases in which only medical or other treatment bills are paid, no such review shall be made after 12 months from the date of the last payment of bills for medical or other treatment, paid pursuant to this Article. (1929, c. 120, s. 46; 1931, c. 274, s. 6; 1947, c. 823; 1973, c. 1060, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-47.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-47.1 - Payment without prejudice; limitations period.

 97-47.1. Payment without prejudice; limitations period.When the employer has paid compensation without prejudice but timely contested liability as provided in G.S. 97-18(d), the right, if any, to further indemnity compensation and medical compensation shall terminate two years after the employer's last payment of medical or indemnity compensation, whichever last occurs, unless the employee files with the Commission a claim for further compensation prior to the expiration of this period. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 679, s. 3.5.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-48 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-48 - Receipts relieving employer; payment to minors; when payment of claims to dependents subsequent in right discharges employer.

 97-48. Receipts relieving employer; payment to minors; when payment of claims to dependents subsequent in right discharges employer.(a) Whenever payment of compensation is made to a widow or widower for her or his use, or for her or his use and the use of the child or children, the written receipt thereof of such widow or widower shall acquit the employer: Provided, however, that in order to protect the interests of minors or incompetents the Industrial Commission may at its discretion change the terms of any award with respect to whom compensation for the benefit of such minors or incompetents shall be paid.(b) Whenever payment is made to any person 18 years of age or over, the written receipt of such person shall acquit the employer.(c) Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith to a dependent subsequent in right to another or other dependents shall protect and discharge the employer, unless and until such dependent or dependents prior in right shall have given notice of his or their claims. In case the employer is in doubt as to the respective rights of rival claimants, he may apply to the Industrial Commission to decide between them.(d) A minor employee under the age of 18 years may sign agreements and receipts for payments of compensation for temporary total disability, and such agreements and receipts executed by such minor shall acquit the employer. Where the injury results in a permanent disability and the sum to be paid does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) the minor employee may execute agreements and sign receipts and such agreements and receipts shall acquit the employer; provided, that when deemed necessary the Commission may require the signature of a parent or person standing in place of a parent. (1929, c. 120, s. 47; 1931, c. 274, s. 7; 1945, c. 766.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-49 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-49 - Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc.

 97-49. Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc.If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is under 18 years of age at the time when any right or privilege accrues to him under this Article, his guardian, trustee or committee may in his behalf claim and exercise such right or privilege. (1929, c. 120, s. 48.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-50 - Limitation as against minors or mentally incompetent.

 97-50. Limitation as against minors or mentally incompetent.No limitation of time provided in this Article for the giving of notice or making claim under this Article shall run against any person who is mentally incompetent, or a minor dependent, as long as he has no guardian, trustee, or committee. (1929, c. 120, s. 49.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-51 - Joint employment; liabilities.

 97-51. Joint employment; liabilities.Whenever an employee, for whose injury or death compensation is payable under this Article, shall at the time of the injury be in joint service of two or more employers subject to this Article, such employers shall contribute to the payment of such compensation in proportion to their wages liability to such employee; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent any reasonable arrangement between such employers for a different distribution as between themselves of the ultimate burden of compensation. (1929, c. 120, s. 50.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-52 - Occupational disease made compensable; "accident" defined.

 97-52. Occupational disease made compensable; "accident" defined.Disablement or death of an employee resulting from an occupational disease described in G.S. 97-53 shall be treated as the happening of an injury by accident within the meaning of the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and the procedure and practice and compensation and other benefits provided by said act shall apply in all such cases except as hereinafter otherwise provided. The word "accident," as used in the Workers' Compensation Act, shall not be construed to mean a series of events in employment, of a similar or like nature, occurring regularly, continuously or at frequent intervals in the course of such employment, over extended periods of time, whether such events may or may not be attributable to fault of the employer and disease attributable to such causes shall be compensable only if culminating in an occupational disease mentioned in and compensable under this Article: Provided, however, no compensation shall be payable for asbestosis and/or silicosis as hereinafter defined if the employee, at the time of entering into the employment of the employer by whom compensation would otherwise be payable, falsely represented himself in writing as not having previously been disabled or laid off because of asbestosis or silicosis. (1935, c. 123; 1979, c. 714, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-54 - "Disablement" defined.

 97-54. "Disablement" defined.The term "disablement" as used in this Article as applied to cases of asbestosis and silicosis means the event of becoming actually incapacitated because of asbestosis or silicosis to earn, in the same or any other employment, the wages which the employee was receiving at the time of his last injurious exposure to asbestosis or silicosis; but in all other cases of occupational disease "disablement" shall be equivalent to "disability" as defined in G.S. 97-2(9). (1935, c. 123; 1955, c. 525, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-55 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-55 - "Disability" defined.

 97-55. "Disability" defined.The term "disability" as used in this Article means the state of being incapacitated as the term is used in defining "disablement" in G.S. 97-54. (1935, c. 123.)
NC Gen Stat § 97-56 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 97 - Workers' Compensation Act|Article 1 - Workers' Compensation Act.|§ 97-56 - Limitation on compensable diseases.

 97-56. Limitation on compensable diseases.The provisions of this Article shall apply only to cases of occupational disease in which the last exposure in an occupation subject to the hazards of such diseases occurred on or after March 26, 1935. (1935, c. 123.)