Mintz v. Verizon Wireless

HUNTER, Robert G, Judge.

Defendant-employer Verizon Wireless (“defendant-employer”) and defendant-carrier American Insurance Group Plan, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS, third-party administrator) (“collectively defendants”) appeal from an opinion and award of the Full Commission of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (“Full Commission”) filed 7 October 2011. Defendants argue on appeal that the Full Commission erred by: (1) concluding plaintiff Cynthia Mintz (“plaintiff’) sustained an injury “arising out of” and “in the course of’ her employment; (2) finding plaintiff’s fall materially aggravated her…