Armstrong v. W.R. Grace Co.

It is well settled that where an injury is clearly attributable to an idiopathic condition of the employee, with no other factors intervening or operating to cause or contribute to the injury, no award should be made; however, where the injury is associated with any risk attributable to the employment, compensation should be allowed, even though the employee may have suffered from an idiopathic condition which precipitated or contributed to the injury. Hollar v. Montclair FurnitureCo., Inc., 48 N.C. App. 489, 269 S.E.2d 667 (1980). For. occupational disease purposes, an employer must take his…