NORRIS v. KIVETTCO, INC.

No. 8110IC809.

293 S.E.2d 594 (1982)

Pearl NORRIS, Employee-Plaintiff, v. KIVETTCO, INC., Employer, and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance, Carrier-Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Cromer, High Point, for employee-plaintiff appellant.

Wyatt, Early, Harris, Wheeler and Hauser by William E. Wheeler, High Point, for carrier-defendant.


MORRIS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, by her first assignment of error, alleges that the Full Commission erred in concluding that plaintiff's injury was not the result of an accident. She contends that the evidence of her foot giving way before she felt the sensation in her back shows an interruption of the usual work routine and the introduction of a new circumstance not a part of that routine.

"A back injury ... suffered by an employee does not arise by accident...

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