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GLADSON v. PIEDMONT STORES/SCOTTIES DISCOUNT DRUG STORE

No. 8110IC546.

292 S.E.2d 18 (1982)

Judith A. GLADSON, Employee, Plaintiff, v. PIEDMONT STORES/SCOTTIES DISCOUNT DRUG STORE, Employer, and Casualty Reciprocal Exchange, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy W. Ward, P. A., New Bern, for employee, plaintiff.

Stith & Stith, by F. Blackwell Stith, New Bern, for defendants.

WHICHARD, Judge.

The Industrial Commission awarded workers' compensation to plaintiff for a back injury sustained when she lifted a crate in the course of her employment as defendant employer's store manager. The principal issue is whether the Commission properly concluded that the injury resulted from an "accident." G.S. 97-2(6) (1979). We hold that it did.

Our Supreme Court has defined the term `accident' as used in the Workers' Compensation Act as `an...

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