Legal Opinion

O'Neal v. Blacksmith Shop/U.S. Furniture Industries, Inc.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1980No. 7910IC312PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Judge.

The only question raised by this appeal is whether the injury was the result of an accident.

For a determination of this question we think that the following findings of fact made by the Hearing Commissioner and adopted by the Full Commission, are particularly pertinent:

“1. On August 30, 1977 plaintiff, now 51 years of age, was employed by the defendant-employer as an assistant foreman and also did ordinary machine work, running saws, routers, and other machines. He was also required to do some physical labor and lifting in his work.

2. A metal frame trailer is used at the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harding v. THOMAS AND HOWARD COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  2. Crawley v. Southern Devices, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1976
  3. Crawley v. Southern Devices, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  4. Searcy v. BransonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  5. Key v. Wagner Woodcraft, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1977

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lefler v. Lexington City SchoolsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1982

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