Adams v. Burlington Industries, Inc.

BRASWELL, Judge.

Under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act, an injury arising out of and in the course of employment is compen-sable only if caused by an “accident.” G.S. 97-2(6); Porter v. Shelby Knit, Inc., 46 N.C. App. 22, 264 S.E. 2d 360 (1980). The primary question raised by defendants in this appeal is whether plaintiffs back injury resulted from an “accident.”

“Our Supreme Court has defined the term ‘accident’ as used in the Workers’ Compensation Act as ‘an unlooked for and untoward event which is not expected or designed by the person who suffers the injury.’ Hensley v.…