Holmes v. Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc.

DAVIS, Judge.

This workers' compensation case presents the jurisdictional question of whether an employee's submission to a mandatory drug test in another state before beginning work constitutes the last act necessary to form an employment contract between the employee and her employer. Martha Holmes ("Plaintiff") appeals from an opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission dismissing her claims for benefits under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act based on lack of jurisdiction. Because we conclude that the last act necessary to create her employment contract…