North Carolina Court of Appeals Determines Parsons Presumption Applies to New Injury to Accepted Body Part

Lindsay Underwood and Courtney Britt

On May 12, 2007, Plaintiff was working as a tire builder for Defendant-Employer, and sustained injury to her right shoulder. Defendants accepted the right shoulder as compensable. Plaintiff underwent surgery and returned to work. Plaintiff sustained a number of exacerbations to the right shoulder over the course of her claim. Following one incident in 2010,…