Bradley v. E. B. Sportswear, Inc.

WEBB, Judge.

This case brings to the Court the construction of the second sentence of G.S. 97-2(6) which provides in part:

“Injury and personal injury” shall mean only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, and shall not include a disease in any form, except where it results naturally and unavoidably from the accident. With respect to back injuries, however, where injury to the back arises out of and in the course of the employment and is the direct result of a specific traumatic incident of the work assigned, “injury by accident” shall be construed to include…