GOINS v. CONE MILLS CORP.

No. 8710IC1100.

367 S.E.2d 335 (1988)

Edith C. GOINS, Widow of Gurney L. Goins, Deceased, Employee, Plaintiff, v. CONE MILLS CORPORATION, Employer; and Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, Carrier; Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner, Enochs, Sparrow, Boone & Falk, P.A. by Peter F. Chastain and Laurie S. Truesdell, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

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


SMITH, Judge.

For approximately thirty years, Mr. Goins was employed by defendant Cone Mills Corporation at its White Oak plant in Greensboro in various capacities in the weave room. On 18 March 1980, Mr. Goins filed a claim seeking compensation for disability resulting from an occupational disease caused by exposure to cotton dust. A hearing was held on 12 March 1981. Before the opinion was entered, Mr. Goins died on 12 December 1981. Plaintiff informed the Deputy...

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