Poisson prevailed at all levels on appeal. Poisson prepared the Full Commission brief, the Appellee Brief at the Court of Appeals and the Response to the Petition for Discretionary Review at the Supreme Court. Poisson was awarded attorneys’ fees for the defendants’ unfounded litigiousness in part because the defendants failed to interview a known eyewitness to the accident and yet still denied the claim. Poisson handled this case in its entirety and prevailed on the defendants’ appeal at the Court of Appeals. New Hanover Regional Medical Center, 208 N.C. Poisson argued that there was no evidence in the record to support the defendants’ denial of the case, and while the Industrial Commission initially agreed, it later assessed attorneys’ fees against the defendants after the Court of Appeals held that it had erred. Her work at the Court of Appeals resulted in the Court of Appeals reversing the Industrial Commission on its decision not to award attorney’s fees for unfounded litigiousness in the case. Poisson prepared all of the briefs in this case at the Industrial Commission and handled the appeal in this case by preparing the Appellant Brief at the Court of Appeals.
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