§ 97-63 – Period necessary for employee to be exposed.
97-63. Period necessary for employee to be exposed. Compensation shall not be payable for disability or death due to silicosis and/or asbestosis unless the employee shall have been exposed to the inhalation of dust of silica or silicates or asbestos dust in employment for a period of not less than two years in this State, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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.)
§ 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.)
§ 97-57 – Employer liable.
97-57. Employer liable. In any case where compensation is payable for an occupational disease, the employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease, and the insurance carrier, if any, which was on the risk when the employee was so last exposed under such employer, shall be liable. […]
§ 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.)
§ 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, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]