Court Opinion

ID: 3634387
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 05:54:53.784391+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:11.911443
License: Public Domain

The evidence points to a non-work related cause of plaintiff's carpal tunnel syndrome. Once her wrists were swollen, movement at work caused further symptoms. It has not been "shown factually that but for workplace aggravation . . . there would not have been the same incapacity for work."  Wilkins v. J. P. Stevens Co., 333 N.C. 449, 454, 426 S.E.2d 675 (1993). Consequently, I CONCUR.
                                  S/ ________________________ J. RANDOLPH WARD COMMISSIONER
JRW:md 6/11/96