Booker v. Duke Medical Center

SHARP, Chief Justice.

For an injury or death to be compensable under our Workmen’s Compensation Act it must be either the result of an “accident arising out of and in the course of the employment” or an “occupational disease.” The Court of Appeals concluded that Booker’s injury was not the result of an “accident” because no specific incident could be identified which led to his contracting the disease. Booker v. Medical Center, 32 N.C. App. 185, 231 S.E. 2d 187 (1977). None of the parties to this appeal assigned the conclusion as error. The question before us therefore is whether or not his…