North Carolina Industrial Commission December 19, 2002, I.C. NO. 821848 (Brantley v. N.C. Department of Agriculture)

*********** This case was initially heard before the deputy commissioner in Selma, North Carolina on 21 February 2002. Thereafter, the parties were permitted sixty days to complete the medical evidence. The parties deposed D. Allen Hayes, M.D. and Leigh Ibach, M.D. after which they were allowed a period of thirty days to submit a brief and a proposed opinion and award.