Porter v. Shelby Knit, Inc.

PARKER, Judge.

Under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act, an injury arising out of and in the course of employment is compen-sable only if that injury was caused by an “accident,” which must be a separate event preceding and causing the injury. Jackson v. Highway Commission, 272 N.C. 697, 158 S.E. 2d 865 (1968); Rhinehart v. Market, 271 N.C. 586, 157 S.E. 2d 1 (1967); Hensley v. Cooperative, 246 N.C. 274, 98 S.E. 2d 289 (1957). The initial question raised by defendant employer on this appeal is whether the Commission properly found that plaintiff’s injury resulted from such an…