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HYLER v. GTE PRODUCTS CO.

No. 96PA92.

425 S.E.2d 698 (1993)

333 N.C. 258

Hassell HYLER, v. GTE PRODUCTS CO. and American Motorists Insurance Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Harkavy, Lawrence, Van Noppen & Okun by Henry N. Patterson, Jr., and Martha A. Geer, Raleigh and Patterson, Harkavy, Lawrence, Van Noppen & Ukon by Jonathan R. Harkavy, Greensboro, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Tuggle, Duggins & Meschan, P.A., by Joseph Brotherton and J. Reed Johnston, Jr., Greensboro, for defendants-appellants.

Kathleen Shannon Glancy, Wilmington, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

MITCHELL, Justice.

Certain facts are uncontroverted in this worker's compensation action. The plaintiff, Hassell Hyler, suffered a compensable injury to his left knee on 2 January 1980, while employed by the defendant, GTE Products. The plaintiff underwent six knee surgeries between January of 1980 and June of 1983; in the June 1983 surgery, the plaintiff's knee joint was replaced. By 24 May 1984, the plaintiff's knee had reached its maximum medical improvement, but...

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