HOGAN v. CONE MILLS CORP.

No. 8810IC810.

381 S.E.2d 151 (1989)

Linda M. HOGAN, Administratrix of the Estate of James C. Hogan, Deceased, Employee, Plaintiff, v. CONE MILLS CORPORATION, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore by J. Donald Cowan, Jr. and W. Alexander Audilet, Greensboro, for defendants-appellees.


JOHNSON, Judge.

The original plaintiff (now deceased), James C. Hogan, was born in 1916. He completed sixth grade and could read and write. From 1932 to 1959 he worked in defendant's cotton plant, in the card or slashing room, both of which were dusty. He was continuously exposed to cotton dust. In 1959, plaintiff followed his doctor's advice and left the cotton plant due to breathing problems.

Plaintiff pursued alternate employment until 1976 when he was...

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