Pine v. Wal-Mart Assocs., Inc.

INMAN, Judge.

*322 This appeal involves a commonly relied upon presumption in North Carolina workers' compensation law, which shifts from an employee to an employer the burden of proof for causation of an injury. At issue is whether the North Carolina Industrial Commission erred by applying this presumption, known as the Parsons presumption, to a medical condition not listed on an employer's admission of compensability form.

Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., employer, and National Union Fire Insurance Co., carrier, (collectively "Defendants") appeal from an Opinion and Award of the Full North Carolina…