North Carolina General Statutes
Article 31 - Tort Claims against State Departments and Agencies.
§ 143-296 - Powers of Industrial Commission; deputies.

143-296. Powers of Industrial Commission; deputies.
The members of the Industrial Commission, or a deputy thereof, shall have power to issue subpoenas, administer oaths, conduct hearings, take evidence, enter orders, opinions, and awards based thereon, punish for contempt, and issue writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum pursuant to G.S. 97-101.1. The Industrial Commission is authorized to appoint deputies and clerical assistants to carry out the purpose and intent of this Article, and such deputy or deputies are hereby vested with the same power and authority to hear and determine tort claims against State departments, institutions, and agencies as is by this Article vested in the members of the Industrial Commission. Such deputy or deputies shall also have and are hereby vested with the same power and authority to hear and determine cases arising under the Workers' Compensation Act when assigned to do so by the Industrial Commission. The Commission may order parties to participate in mediation, under rules substantially similar to those approved by the Supreme Court for use in the Superior Court division, except the Commission shall determine the manner in which payment of the costs of the mediated settlement conference is assessed. (1951, c. 1059, s. 6; 1979, c. 714, s. 2; 1993, c. 399, s. 2; c. 321, s. 25(b); 1995, c. 358, s. 8(a); c. 437, s. 6(a); c. 467, s. 5(a); c. 507, s. 25.13; 1998-217, s. 31.1(b).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions

Article 31 - Tort Claims against State Departments and Agencies.

§ 143-291 - Industrial Commission constituted a court to hear and determine claims; damages; liability insurance in lieu of obligation under Article[Effective July 1, 2022]

§ 143-291.1 - Costs.

§ 143-291.2 - Costs and fees.

§ 143-291.3 - Counterclaims by State.

§ 143-292 - Notice of determination of claim; appeal to full Commission.

§ 143-293 - Appeals to Court of Appeals.

§ 143-294 - Appeal to Court of Appeals to act as supersedeas.

§ 143-295 - Settlement of claims.

§ 143-295.1 - Settlement of small claims against institutions of the Department of Health and Human Services.

§ 143-296 - Powers of Industrial Commission; deputies.

§ 143-297 - Affidavit of claimant; docketing; venue; notice of hearing; answer, demurrer or other pleading to affidavit.

§ 143-298 - Duty of Attorney General; expenses; subpoenas.

§ 143-299 - Limitation on claims.

§ 143-299.1 - Contributory negligence a matter of defense; burden of proof.

§ 143-299.1A - Limit use of public duty doctrine as an affirmative defense.

§ 143-299.2 - Limitation on payments by the State.

§ 143-299.3 - Use of State vehicles by North Carolina Amateur Sports; State to incur no liability.

§ 143-299.4 - Payment of State excess liability.

§ 143-300 - Rules and regulations of Industrial Commission; destruction of records.

§ 143-300.1 - Claims against county and city boards of education for accidents involving school buses or school transportation service vehicles.

§ 143-300.1A - (See Editor's note on condition precedent) Claims arising from certain smallpox vaccinations of State employees.