BRIDGES v. LINN-CORRIHER CORP.

No. 8710IC747.

368 S.E.2d 388 (1988)

Hugh D. BRIDGES, Plaintiff, v. LINN-CORRIHER CORPORATION, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. King, Salisbury, for plaintiff-appellant.

Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham by George W. Dennis III, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


PHILLIPS, Judge.

After working in cotton mills in Cabarrus and Rowan Counties for 33 years, 16 of the last 17 in the defendant's mill in Landis, on 24 July 1984 plaintiff, because of chronic obstructive lung disease acquired during his employment, became incapable of processing cotton any longer and defendant discharged him. The Industrial Commission found and concluded, in brief, that: Plaintiff's lung disease was contributed to by cotton dust in the workplace and...

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