WOOD v. J. P. STEVENS & CO.

No. 62.

256 S.E.2d 692 (1979)

297 N.C. 636

Eula WOOD v. J. P. STEVENS & COMPANY, Employer and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Hassell by Charles R. Hassell, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Teague, Johnson, Patterson, Dilthey & Clay by Dan M. Hartzog, and George W. Dennis, III, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.


SHARP, Chief Justice.

The Industrial Commission concluded as a matter of law (1) that plaintiff's claim was governed by the law in effect in 1958 and (2) that in 1958 byssinosis was not compensable as an occupational disease under G.S. 97-53(13). The Commission heard no evidence but based its decision solely on the stipulations of the parties and information contained in the forms filed by plaintiff for workmen's compensation benefits. The Court of Appeals affirmed...

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