Employer Didn't Rebut Presumption that Housekeeper's Complaints Were Caused by Industrial Injury

The North Carolina Court of Appeals said that a housekeeper was entitled to a presumption that her ongoing complaints of pain for her accepted injury were causally related to her injury, and that her employer failed to rebut this presumption. Case: Gonzalez v. Tidy Maids, No. COA14-18, 03/03/2015, published. Facts: Prisila Gonzalez worked as a housekeeper with Tidy Maids. Gonzalez suffered injuries to her head, neck, back and right shoulder in a car accident while traveling from the Tidy Maids office to a job site in September 2010. Tidy Maids accepted liability for her injuries and began ...