HOWARD v. SQUARE-D CO.

No. COA97-521.

494 S.E.2d 606 (1998)

Mary HOWARD, Employee, Plaintiff, v. SQUARE-D COMPANY, Employer, and Self-Insured (James C. Green and Company, Servicing Agent), Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Moore & Henderson, P.A. by John A. Michaels and Dawn M. Dillon, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham by Dayle Flammia, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Square-D Company.


LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals an order of the Industrial Commission that concluded that she had not filed her claim for occupational disease within the two-year period prescribed by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-58 (1991). As a result, the Commission held that it did not have jurisdiction over the claim and her right to compensation was consequently barred. We reverse.

Plaintiff is 49 years of age and has a high school diploma. She began working for defendant...

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