Arnold v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

TYSON, Judge.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“employer”) and Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (“carrier”) appeal the award of temporary and permanent partial disability to Sheila M. Arnold (“employee”) by the North Carolina Industrial Commission (“Commission”). We vacate the Commission’s award and remand the case to the Commission for further findings.

I.Facts

Employee had worked for employer for approximately two and a half years. On 4 May 1998, employee was attempting to lift a broken dock plate on a door when she felt pain in her back, hip and leg. Prior to the incident, employee had…