Holley v. Acts, Inc.

LAKE, Chief Justice.

This case arises from proceedings before the North Carolina Industrial Commission and raises the issue of whether the Commission’s findings of fact were supported by competent evidence establishing causation between an employment-related injury and the development of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a condition caused by a blood clot in a deep vein which obstructs blood flow and causes inflammation.

At the time of the incident, plaintiff was forty-nine years old. She was on blood pressure medication to control her hypertension and was under a doctor’s care to lose weight. Since…