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LINEBACK v. WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF COMM'RS

No. COA96-1386.

486 S.E.2d 252 (1997)

William B. LINEBACK, Employee, Plaintiff; v. WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Employer; Self-Insured, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P. by Henry N. Patterson, Jr., and Martha A. Geer, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Brooks, Stevens & Pope, P.A. by Robert H. Stevens, Jr., Patricia Wilson Medynski, and Claire Fried Drake, Cary, for defendant-appellee.

JOHN C. MARTIN, Judge.

Plaintiff, a paramedic for Wake County, filed this claim seeking workers' compensation benefits for a knee injury which he sustained at work. Evidence before the Industrial Commission tended to show that on 23 July 1994, plaintiff responded to an emergency call at the Sundown Inn at approximately 3:30 a.m. Upon arriving at the scene, plaintiff exited the ambulance by first extending his left leg out of the truck. Due to the height of the vehicle...

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