A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned an award of temporary disability benefits to an injured truck driver who failed to provide written notice of her accident to her employer.
Donna Sprouse and her husband worked as truck drivers for the Mary B. Turner Trucking Co. LLC. The Accident Fund General Insurance Co. provided workers’ compensation coverage for MBT.
In September 2016, Sprouse was driving for MBT with her husband riding as a passenger when the front right tire blew out. The rig crashed into an embankment on the side of the road and remained upright ...
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