CHAMBERS v. TRANSIT MANAGEMENT

No. 527A05.

636 S.E.2d 553 (2006)

Hubert CHAMBERS, Employee v. TRANSIT MANAGEMENT, Employer, Self Insured (Compensation Claims Solutions, Servicing Agent).

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sellers, Hinshaw, Ayers, Dortch & Lyons, P.A., by Robert A. Whitlow and John F. Ayers III, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Smith Law Firm, P.C., by John Brem Smith; and Hedrick Eatman Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by Jennifer Ingram Mitchell and M. Duane Jones, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

Samuel A. Scudder, S. Neal Camak, George W. Lennon, and Charles R. Hassell, Jr., Raleigh, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


PARKER, Chief Justice.

This case arises from proceedings before the North Carolina Industrial Commission (the Commission) and raises the issues of whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the Commission's opinion and award concluding (i) that plaintiff's ulnar neuropathy was a compensable occupational disease pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 97-53(13), (ii) that plaintiff suffered a cervical spine injury as a result of a specific traumatic incident pursuant to N...

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