N.C. Court Voids C&R For Missing Vocational Rehab Language

A North Carolina appellate court voided a compromise and release agreement after determining that a special hearing officer failed to ensure the presence of state-mandated vocational rehabilitation language in the document.In Kyle v. Holston Group, No. COA07-364, 2/19/08, the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a Full Commission ruling, determining that the commission had erred by basing its ruling on the idea that a special deputy commissioner had “acted in a judicial capacity and made a full investigation in reviewing the agreement submitted by the parties.”Claimant Eddie Ky...