P. H. Glatfelter Co.

<bold>1. Workers' Compensation — sale of business</bold> <bold>— continuing jurisdiction of Industrial Commission</bold> <block_quote> An employer who had sold its paper mill and workers' compensation liabilities after an employee's work-related accident continued to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission with regard to that accident.</block_quote> <bold>2. Workers' Compensation — jurisdiction of</bold> <bold>Industrial Commission — not divested by course of</bold> <bold>conduct</bold> <block_quote> None of the cited authority supported an argument that a course of conduct by the Department of Insurance or the Industrial Commission could divest the Commission of the jurisdiction conferred on it by statute in a workers' compensation case involving an employer that had sold its business. Moreover, the parties had stipulated that the employer, Glatfelter, was bound by the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act.</block_quote> <bold>3. Workers' Compensation — authority of</bold> <bold>Industrial Commission — agreement transferring</bold> <bold>obligations</bold> <block_quote> Adjudication of the validity of an agreement transferring workers' compensation liabilities along with a paper mill fell within the delegated authority of the Industrial Commission. N.C.G.S. § <cross_reference>97-6</cross_reference>.</block_quote><page_number>Page 597</page_number> <bold>4. Workers' Compensation — authority of</bold> <bold>Industrial Commission — discharge of obligation</bold> <block_quote> Determining whether a self-insurer has fully discharged its workers' compensation obligations is the province of the Industrial Commission; the Department of Insurance does not have that authority, by implication or expression. The Department of Insurance in this case improperly released the bond of a self-insured employer which did not secure its obligations in a manner compliant with N.C.G.S. § <cross_reference>97-185</cross_reference>(g).</block_qu