The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a “total loss of wage-earning capacity” is a total loss of the employee’s personal capacity to earn wages in any type of employment.
Case: Sturdivant v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety, No. 130PA23, 12/13/2024, published.
Facts: Martin Sturdivant worked as a corrections officer for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. He injured his back at work, and the department accepted liability for his injury.
The department paid temporary total disability benefits to Sturdivant.
Before 2011, an injured worker could r...
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