CUMMINGS v. BURROUGHS WELLCOME CO.

No. COA97-694.

502 S.E.2d 26 (1998)

Phyllistine M. CUMMINGS, Employee-Plaintiff, v. BURROUGHS WELLCOME COMPANY, Employer-Defendant, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Carrier-Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. White, Greenville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ward and Smith, P.A. by S. McKinley Gray, III and Catherine Ricks Piwowarski, New Bern, for defendants-appellants.


TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

Defendants Burroughs Wellcome Company and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company appeal from an opinion and award entered by the Full Commission awarding plaintiff Phyllistine Cummings additional benefits based on a compensable change of condition. The pertinent facts are as follows.

On 5 February 1989, plaintiff suffered an injury to her back and hips, when a forklift struck her from behind and compressed her against a wall. On 13 November...

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