Smith v. Champion International

HUNTER, Judge.

This workers’ compensation case arises from proceedings before the Industrial Commission where plaintiff alleged she exacerbated her pre-existing back condition in .an accident occurring on 18 October 1994 while disassembling metal scaffolding at the Champion paper manufacturing facility in Canton, North Carolina. At the hearing, plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that Smith (“plaintiff’), 49-years-old at the time of the alleged incident, first experienced pain immediately after handing a piece of scaffolding down to her coworker. The pain increased throughout the day, and by…