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KANIPE v. LANE UPHOLSTERY

No. COA99-1425.

540 S.E.2d 785 (2000)

Pearl KANIPE, Employee, Plaintiff, v. LANE UPHOLSTERY, Hickory Tavern Furniture Co., Employer, Self-Insured (Alexsis Risk Management Services), Administrator, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P., by Henry N. Patterson, Jr. and Martha A. Geer, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robinson & Lawing, L.L.P., by Jolinda J. Babcock, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellees.

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiff has been employed as a sewer for defendant Lane Upholstery ("Lane") since 1969. Over a period of several years, plaintiff began experiencing numbness in her hands. However, she never reported any of these problems to either her employer or her regular physician. Finally, in the Spring of 1997, the pain intensified, and she reported the pain and numbness to her gynecologist, Dr. Paul Caporossi. Dr...

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