In North Carolina, it is well established that when an idiopathic condition is the sole cause of the injury, the injury does not arise out of the employment and is not compensable. An idiopathic condition is defined as “one...more
In Wilkes v. City of Greenville, __ S.E.2d __, (2017) the North Carolina Supreme agreed with the Court of Appeal’s determination that when compensability is admitted an injured worker is entitled to a presumption that future...more