Pardue v. Blackburn Bros. Oil & Tire Co., 384
Decision Date | 30 October 1963 |
Docket Number | No. 384,384 |
Citation | 132 S.E.2d 747,260 N.C. 413 |
Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
Parties | J. T. PARDUE v. BLACKBURN BROTHERS OIL & TIRE COMPANY and Shelby Mutual Insurance Company. |
Daniel J. Park, Elkin, for plaintiff.
McElwee & Hall, North Wilkesboro, for defendants.
Defendants except to the judgment below on the ground that the conclusions of law and award of the Commission are 'not supported by sufficient findings of fact and evidence that appellee sustained an injury by accident.'
With respect to plaintiff's duties and the occurrence from which the injury arose, the Commission made only the following findings of fact:
A back injury or hernia suffered by an employee does not arise by accident if the employee at the time was merely carrying out his usual and customary duties in the usual way. Byrd v. Farmers Federation Cooperative, 260 N.C. 215, 132 S.E.2d 348; Harding v. Thomas & Howard Co., 256 N.C. 427, 124 S.E.2d 109; Turner v. Burke Hosiery Mill, 251 N.C. 325, 111 S.E.2d 185; Holt v. Cannon Mills Co., 249 N.C. 215, 105 S.E.2d 614; Hensley v. Farmers Federation Cooperative, 246 N.C. 274, 98 S.E.2d 289.
In cases involving back injury or hernia the elements constituting accident are the interruption of the routine of work and the introduction thereby of unusual conditions likely to result in unexpected consequences. Faires v. McDevitt & Street Co., 251 N.C. 194, 110 S.E.2d 898; Moore v. Engineering & Sales Co., 214 N.C. 424, 199 S.E. 605. The following are some of such cases in which it was held that the injuries resulted from accident: Davis v. Summitt, 259 N.C. 57, 129 S.E.2d 588; Keller v. Electric Wiring Co., 259 N.C. 222, 130 S.E. 2d 342; Searcy v. Branson, 253 N.C. 64, 116 S.E.2d 175; Faires v. McDevitt & Street Co., supra; Harris v. Asheville Contracting Co., 240 N.C. 715, 83 S.E.2d 802; Rice v. Thomasville Chair Co., 238 N.C. 121, 76 S.E.2d 311; Smith v. Cabarrus Creamery Co., 217 N.C. 468, 8 S.E.2d 231. Some of such cases in which the facts of the occurrence were held insufficient to constitute accident are listed in the preceding paragraph of this opinion.
The facts found by the full Commission are supported by competent evidence. But there are not sufficient findings to support the conclusion that plaintiff sustained an injury by accident. The Commission found that it was plaintiff's job to...
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