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GUPTON v. BUILDERS TRANSPORT

No. 671PA86.

357 S.E.2d 674 (1987)

320 N.C. 38

Ronald D. GUPTON, Employee, Plaintiff, v. BUILDERS TRANSPORT, Employer and Self-Insured, Carrier, Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lore & McClearen by R. James Lore, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice by Richard T. Rice and Nancy R. Hatch, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.

WHICHARD, Justice.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant-employer as a long-distance truck driver. He was accidentally injured on 11 September 1984 when an elastic strap broke and struck him in the eye. The accident did not affect plaintiff's visual acuity, but it resulted in a blind spot covering seven percent of the visual field of that eye. This defect prevented plaintiff from meeting minimum standards set by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and, because there...

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