ALLEN v. STANDARD MINERAL CO.

No. 8410IC241.

322 S.E.2d 644 (1984)

Larry W. ALLEN, Employee/Plaintiff, v. STANDARD MINERAL COMPANY, Employer, Hartford Accident & Indemnity Insurance Company, Carrier/Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Staton, Perkinson, West & Doster by William W. Staton and Stanley W. West, Sanford, for plaintiff-appellee.

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae by J. Frank Huskins and I. Edward Johnson, Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


HILL, Judge.

Plaintiff is a forty-one year old male with a high school education whose work experience has been limited to manual labor. Plaintiff worked for defendant-employer in its Robbinsville plant for approximately twenty years, the last fourteen years continuously. Defendant-employer mines pyrophyllite which contains a great deal of silica. As a result of being exposed to silica dust in defendant-employer's plant, plaintiff has silicosis. Silicosis is an occupational...

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