HIGGS v. SOUTHEASTERN CLEANING SERVICE

No. COA95-919.

470 S.E.2d 337 (1996)

Walter T. HIGGS, Plaintiff-Employee, v. SOUTHEASTERN CLEANING SERVICE, Employer, and CNA Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe, Wyne and Lennon, P.A. by George W. Lennon, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robinson Maready Lawing & Comerford, L.L.P. by Jane C. Jackson and Jolinda J. Steinbacher, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellants.


JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiff Walter T. Higgs brought this action to recover benefits for the alleged occupational disease of tuberculosis after defendant Southeastern Cleaning Service (hereinafter "Southeastern") and its workers' compensation insurance carrier, defendant CNA Insurance Company (hereinafter "CNA"), denied plaintiff's claim. Plaintiff claimed that he contracted tuberculosis while employed as a janitor for defendant Southeastern. Defendants, however, denied...

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