Hobbs v. Clean Control Corp.

BIGGS, Judge.

Plaintiff (Brenda Hobbs) appeals from an Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission denying her claim for workers’ compensation. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant Clean Control in January, 1997, to conduct sales demonstrations for customers at a Sam’s Warehouse Club store. The demonstrations generally required her to apply substances such as motor oil or vinegar to various items, and then to demonstrate how defendants’ cleaning products would remove the applied substance.

Shortly after she began work for defendants,…