High Court Clarifies When Spouse Can be Paid for Care to Worker

The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday issued two decisions clarifying that an injured worker does not need to obtain pre-approval for attendant care services from the Industrial Commission for the provider of those services to be compensated retroactively.However, the court said that a worker must make a request for approval of the provider's services within a "reasonable time." The high court ordered that two cases − Mehaffey v. Burger King, No. 24PA12, and Chandler v. Atlantic Scrap Processing, No. 35PA12 − be remanded to the Industrial Commission to decide whether eithe...