HOLLEY v. ACTS, INC.

No. 482A02.

581 S.E.2d 750 (2003)

357 N.C. 228

Brenda Joyce HOLLEY, Employee v. ACTS, INC., Employer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 13, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griffin, Smith, Caldwell, Helder & Helms, P.A. by Annika M. Brock, Monroe; The Law Offices of George W. Lennon by George W. Lennon; and Scudder & Hedrick by Samuel A. Scudder, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P. by Terry L. Wallace and Neil P. Andrews, Charlotte, for defendant-appellants.

Smith Moore, L.L.P. by Jeri L. Whitfield and Caroline H. Lock, Greensboro, on behalf of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.


LAKE, Chief Justice.

This case arises from proceedings before the North Carolina Industrial Commission and raises the issue of whether the Commission's findings of fact were supported by competent evidence establishing causation between an employment-related injury and the development of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a condition caused by a blood clot in a deep vein which obstructs blood flow and causes inflammation.

At the time of the incident, plaintiff was...

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