THOMPSON v. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES

No. 8110IC1420.

297 S.E.2d 122 (1982)

Sallie M. THOMPSON, Employee, Plaintiff, v. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hassell, Hudson & Lore by Charles R. Hassell, Jr., Raleigh, for employee, plaintiff.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter by J. Donald Cowan, Jr., Greensboro, for carrier, defendants.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Plaintiff's first argument is that the Industrial Commission erred in denying her claim for temporary total disability and medical expenses resulting from her occupational disease.

An occupational disease must be "proven to be due to causes and conditions which are characteristic of and peculiar to a particular trade, occupation or employment, but excluding all ordinary diseases of life to which the general public is equally exposed outside...

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