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      "GAROLD E. BALLENGER, JR., Dependent Child of GAROLD E. BALLENGER, Deceased, Through His Guardian Ad Litem, BRYAN K. HUSFELT, Employee-Plaintiff v. ITT GRINNELL INDUSTRIAL PIPING, INC., Employer, and INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Carrier-Defendants"
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        "text": "BECTON, Judge.\nIn an opinion in the above-styled matter filed 6 May 1986, this Court affirmed the decision of the North Carolina Industrial Commission, awarding $195.00 per week for 400 weeks to plaintiff s dependent. Ballenger v. ITT Grinnell Industrial Piping, 80 N.C. App. 393, 342 S.E. 2d 582 (1986). In its opinion, this Court distinguished Cauble v. The Macke Company, 78 N.C. App. 793, 338 S.E. 2d 320 (1986), noting that \u201c[a]ll that Cauble required is that the Commission weigh the evidence before it concludes that there is some evidence to support a finding in plaintiffs favor.\u201d In view of defendant\u2019s petition to rehear and a case we did not consider, Wagoner v. Douglas Battery Mfg. Co., 80 N.C. App. 163, 341 S.E. 2d 120 (1986), we now remand the case sub judice to the Commission for clarification of its Opinion.\nSpecifically, we are concerned with the following language in the Commission\u2019s Opinion which we endorsed in our prior opinion:\nAfter considering all of the testimony in the record in the light of the foregoing well-established principles of law and viewing the totality of the expert testimony in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, there was \u201csome evidence that the accident at least might have or could have produced the particular injury in question.\u201d\n(Emphasis added.) This language misstates the applicable law, and we erroneously adopted it. We are constrained to remand this case to the Commission for a determination whether, uninfluenced by the above-quoted misstatement, the Commission actually and dispassionately weighed the evidence before it concluded that there was sufficient evidence to support a finding in plaintiffs favor.\nWe re-emphasize that the Commission is the sole judge of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony; it may accept or reject all of the testimony of a witness; it may accept a part and reject a part. Blalock v. Roberts Co., 12 N.C. App. 499, 183 S.E. 2d 827 (1971). Even contradictions in the testimony go to its weight, which is for the fact-finder to resolve. Evans v. Topstyle, Inc., 270 N.C. 134, 153 S.E. 2d 851 (1967).\nOur 6 May 1986 opinion is withdrawn to the extent that we erroneously endorsed the Commission\u2019s misstatement, specifically, when we said:\n[I]t was entirely proper for the Commission, after considering all the evidence, to view the expert testimony in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.\nBallenger, 80 N.C. App. at 395, 342 S.E. 2d at 584.\nThe proper view is that the Commission must weigh the evidence, and as the sole judge of credibility and weight, may then find in favor of either plaintiff or defendant.\nIn all other respects our previous opinion is affirmed.\nAffirmed in part and remanded in part.\nJudges Johnson and Martin concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Pfefferkom, Pishko & Elliott, P.A., by Robert M. Elliott, for plaintiff appellee.",
      "Petree, Stockton, Robinson, Vaughn, Glaze & Maready, by Robert J. Lawing and Jane C. Jackson, for defendant appellants."
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    "head_matter": "GAROLD E. BALLENGER, JR., Dependent Child of GAROLD E. BALLENGER, Deceased, Through His Guardian Ad Litem, BRYAN K. HUSFELT, Employee-Plaintiff v. ITT GRINNELL INDUSTRIAL PIPING, INC., Employer, and INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Carrier-Defendants\nNo. 8510IC964\n(Filed 7 October 1986)\nMaster and Servant \u00a7 94.3\u2014 workers\u2019 compensation \u2014 weighing of evidence by Industrial Commission\nLanguage in a prior opinion in this workers\u2019 compensation case stating that it was proper for the Industrial Commission to view the expert testimony in the light most favorable to the plaintiff is withdrawn and the cause is remanded for a determination of whether the Commission actually and dispassionately weighed the evidence before it concluded that there was sufficient evidence to support a finding in plaintiffs favor.\nAppeal by defendants from the Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission entered 20 March 1985. Heard in the Court of Appeals 5 February 1986. Defendant-appellants\u2019 Petition for Rehearing allowed 3 July 1986.\nPfefferkom, Pishko & Elliott, P.A., by Robert M. Elliott, for plaintiff appellee.\nPetree, Stockton, Robinson, Vaughn, Glaze & Maready, by Robert J. Lawing and Jane C. Jackson, for defendant appellants."
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