PERNELL v. PIEDMONT CIRCUITS

No. 9010IC1316.

409 S.E.2d 618 (1991)

104 N.C. App. 289

Donald PERNELL, Employee-Plaintiff, v. PIEDMONT CIRCUITS and Crawford & Co. Employer-Carrier/Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCreary & Read by Daniel F. Read, Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Haywood, Denny, Miller, Johnson, Sessoms & Patrick by E. Elizabeth Lefler and George W. Miller, Jr., Durham, for defendant-appellees.


LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiff-employee was a 46 year old man who had experienced recurrent incisional hernias prior to and during his employment with defendant Piedmont Circuits. The initial hernia was diagnosed and repaired in 1978. This initial hernia site required five subsequent surgical repairs between 1978 and 1987. Plaintiff-employee's previous hernia was diagnosed in October 1987.

On 5 April 1988, plaintiff-employee fell while performing a job related task...

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