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GUNTER v. DAYCO CORP.

No. 99A85.

346 S.E.2d 395 (1986)

Lee H. GUNTER, Employee, Plaintiff v. DAYCO CORPORATION ("Dayco-Waynesville"), Employer and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James & Harkavy by Donnell Van Noppen, III, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Russell & Greene, P.A. by J. William Russell, Asheville, for defendants-appellants.

EXUM, Justice.

Defendants seek reversal of the Commission's award of workers' compensation to plaintiff for temporary total disability suffered as a result of a ruptured tendon. The sole issue before this Court is whether plaintiff suffered "injury by accident" within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act, N.C.G.S. § 97-2(6). We hold that he did.

I.

The facts are not controverted. Plaintiff...

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