Causby v. Bernhardt Furniture Co.

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff contends the Industrial Commission erred in making the finding of fact that plaintiffs injury of 18 April 1985 was not the result of a specific traumatic incident, and the resulting conclusion of law that plaintiff did not sustain a compensable injury.

Review of an award of the Industrial Commission is limited to questions of (1) whether there was competent evidence before the Commission to support its findings of fact, and (2) whether such findings of fact support its conclusions of law. Fleming v. K-Mart Corp., 312 N.C. 538, 324 S.E. 2d 214 (1985).

The critical…