Commission Abuses Discretion in Dismissing Claim

The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the state Industrial Commission abused its discretion in dismissing a worker’s claim for failure to prosecute because its findings were unsupported by the record. Case: Lauziere v. Stanley Martin Communities LLC, No. COA18-982, 05/05/2020/ published. Facts and procedural history: Pamela Lauziere worked for the Stanley Martin Communities LLC as a real estate agent. In September 2015, she allegedly sustained an injury while trying to shut a garage door at a model home. Lauziere filed a workers’ compensation claim, which Stan...