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SMITH v. CHAMPION INTERN.

No. COA98-1226.

517 S.E.2d 164 (1999)

Billie Ruth SMITH, Employee, Plaintiff, v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL, Employer, Self-Insured/(Sedwick James of the Carolinas, Servicing Agent), Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 6, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Jernigan Law Firm, by N. Victor Farah and Leonard T. Jernigan, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robinson & Lawing, L.L.P., by Jolinda J. Steinbacher, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellants.

HUNTER, Judge.

This workers' compensation case arises from proceedings before the Industrial Commission where plaintiff alleged she exacerbated her pre-existing back condition in an accident occurring on 18 October 1994 while disassembling metal scaffolding at the Champion paper manufacturing facility in Canton, North Carolina. At the hearing, plaintiff's evidence tended to show that Smith ("plaintiff"), 49-years-old at the time of the alleged incident, first experienced...

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