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BURGESS v. JOSEPH SCHLITZ BREWING CO.

No. 7821SC249.

250 S.E.2d 687 (1979)

39 N.C. App. 481

Raymond BURGESS, on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated v. JOSEPH SCHLITZ BREWING COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pfefferkorn & Cooley by William G. Pfefferkorn, Jim D. Cooley and J. Wilson Parker, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Charles F. Vance, Jr., and W. Andrew Copenhaver, Winston-Salem, for defendant.

ROBERT M. MARTIN, Judge.

The sole question presented to us by this appeal is the sufficiency of plaintiff's complaint. Crucial to our consideration of this issue is the interpretation of G.S. 168-1 and related statutes dealing with handicapped persons. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff had been denied employment solely because of his glaucoma, that the defendant had a long-standing policy of denying employment to persons situated similarly to himself, and that...

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