Hargrove v. Carolina Orthopaedic Surgery Associates, PA

This is an appeal of a workers’ compensation case. The single commissioner denied benefits and medical treatment to Dorothy Hargrove based on his determination that Hargrove failed to (1) meet the statutory notice requirement and (2) prove that the problems from which she suffered resulted from a workplace accident. The appellate panel and the circuit court affirmed. We affirm as well. 1

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Hargrove worked as a transcriptionist for Carolina Orthopaedic Surgery Associates, P.A., for over twenty years. Before working for Carolina Orthopaedic, she worked twenty years as a…