TAYLOR v. J. P. STEVENS AND CO.

No. 35.

265 S.E.2d 144 (1980)

300 N.C. 94

Lucy Wood TAYLOR, v. J. P. STEVENS AND COMPANY, Employer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teague, Campbell, Conely & Dennis by C. Woodrow Teague and George W. Dennis, III, Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.

Davis, Hassell & Hudson by Charles R. Hassell, Jr., and Robin E. Hudson, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.


CARLTON, Justice.

At issue in this case is whether a worker claiming disability from an occupational disease under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act, G.S. 97-1 et seq., must prove the disability arose within one year from the last exposure to hazardous working conditions. We hold that she does not and therefore affirm and modify the decision of the Court of Appeals.

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