DEESE v. CHAMPION INTERN. CORP.

No. COA97-1581.

515 S.E.2d 239 (1999)

Bracy DEESE, Employee, Plaintiff, v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Employer (Self-Insured), Defendant, and Sedgwick James of the Carolinas, Administrator, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Mraz, P.A., by John A. Mraz, Asheville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robinson & Lawing, L.L.P., by Jane C. Jackson and Jolinda J. Steinbacher, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellants.


WALKER, Judge.

On 4 August 1989, plaintiff injured his back lifting a box of plugs while employed at defendant's paper mill. Defendant admitted liability and a Form 21 agreement was approved by the Industrial Commission on 16 January 1990.

Since the injury, plaintiff has had four back surgeries. The first two were performed in 1989 by Dr. Steven Stranges and the last two were performed by Dr. Todd Chapman of the Miller Orthopaedic Clinic. Following the last...

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