COLLINS v. MILLS

No. 8610IC1029.

354 S.E.2d 245 (1987)

Edgar COLLINS, Employee Plaintiff, v. Cone MILLS, Employer, and Self-Insured, Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co., Administrator, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Hassell, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Smith, Helms, Mulliss and Moore by J. Donald Cowan, Jr., and Caroline Hudson Wyatt, Greensboro, for defendants-appellees.


PARKER, Judge.

In this appeal, plaintiff first contends that there is no evidence in the record to support the Commission's finding of fact that plaintiff's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was not significantly caused or contributed to by his exposure to cotton dust while in defendant's employ. We do not agree.

On direct examination of the pulmonary expert selected by the Industrial Commission, Dr. Saltzman, plaintiff's attorney asked the Doctor to comment...

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