Thomas v. Overland Express, Inc.

PARKER, Judge.

The primary issue for determination in plaintiff’s appeal is whether the North Carolina Industrial Commission had subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff’s claim for personal injury occurring outside North Carolina.

Plaintiff, an experienced tractor-trailer driver, is a resident of North Carolina. Defendant employer (herein defendant) operates a tractor-trailer fleet. In the spring of 1986 plaintiff applied for a job with defendant by filling out an application form and turning it in at defendant’s terminal in Greensboro. Defendant arranged for plaintiff to fly to…