141 N.C. App. 507 - Webb v. Power Circuit, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “(1) the production of medical evidence that he is physically or mentally, as a consequence of the work related injury, incapable of work in any employment; (2) the production of evidence that he is capable of some work, but that he has, after a reasonable effort on his part, been unsuccessful in his effort to obtain employment; (3) the production of evidence that he is capable of some work but that it would be futile because of preexisting conditions, i.e., age, inexperience, lack of education, to seek other employment; or (4) the production of evidence that he has obtained other employment at a wage less than that earned prior to the injury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 N.C. App. 532 - Taylor v. Carolina Restaurant Group, Inc. · 168 N.C. App. 377 - Weatherford v. American National Can Co.

2. “[i]n determining if plaintiff has met this burden, the Commission must consider not only the plaintiff's physical limitations, but also his testimony as to his pain in determining the extent of incapacity to work and earn wages such pain might cause.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 N.C. App. 532 - Taylor v. Carolina Restaurant Group, Inc. · 242 N.C. App. 252 - Porter v. Bearcat, Inc.

3. “[o]nce the employee has shown a disability, the burden then shifts to the employer to produce evidence that suitable jobs are available for the employee and that the employee is capable of getting one, taking the employee's physical and vocational limitations into account.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 252 - Porter v. Bearcat, Inc.