Kendrick v. City of Greensboro

WHICHARD, Judge.

Defendants contend the Commission erred in finding that plaintiffs disability results from his having slipped on 7 October 1982. In particular, defendants maintain that plaintiff could not have ruptured his disc on 7 October 1982 because the evidence established that on 16 October 1982 he played in a city softball tournament and was one of two persons chosen most valuable player.

Findings of fact by the Commission are conclusive on appeal if supported by any competent evidence. Click v. Freight Carriers, 300 N.C. 164, 166, 265 S.E. 2d 389, 390-91 (1980). Viewing the evidence in…