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LOCKLEAR v. STEDMAN CORP./SARA LEE KNIT

No. COA98-192.

508 S.E.2d 795 (1998)

Sara LOCKLEAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEDMAN CORP./SARA LEE KNIT PRODUCTS, Defendant, Self/Constitution State Service Company, Defendant, and/or M.J. Soffe Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Self/Key Risk Management Services, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben E. Roney, Jr., for plaintiff-appellee.

Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P., by Robin H. Terry, Raleigh, for Stedman Corp. Sara Lee Knit Products and Self/Constitution State Service Company, defendants-appellees.

Carruthers & Roth, P.A., by Kenneth L. Jones, Greensboro, for M.J. Soffe Company, Inc., and Self/Key Risk Management Services, defendants-appellants.

HORTON, Judge.

Sara Locklear (plaintiff) was employed by defendant-employer Stedman Corp. Sara Lee Knit Products (Stedman) as a sewing machine operator from 27 May 1968 to 27 May 1969, 18 March 1970 to 21 April 1971, 2 February 1972 to 22 November 1972, and 22 May 1975 to 25 September 1989. Plaintiff was exposed to and inhaled cotton dust and lint on a daily basis. At the end of her shift, plaintiff and other workers cleaned lint from their machines and their clothing...

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