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ALVA v. CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG HOSP. AUTHORITY

No. 9410IC450.

453 S.E.2d 871 (1995)

Darlene ALVA, Employee-Plaintiff, v. CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, Employer-Defendant Self Insured (Consolidated Risk Management Services, Servicing Agent).

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tania L. Leon, P.A. by Tania L. Leon, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe by Mika Z. Savir and Paige E. Williams, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

JOHNSON, Judge.

Darlene Alva (plaintiff), a nurse's assistant at defendant's nursing home, was injured on 8 February 1991 while assisting a patient in a bed-to-wheelchair transfer. Plaintiff was supporting the patient in a position just off the bed, when the patient unexpectedly yelled out and fell back toward the bed. Plaintiff, in response, made a jerking lunge to support the patient's weight and to secure her from falling back onto the bed. Plaintiff immediately...

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