DEMERY v. CONVERSE, INC.

No. COA99-592.

530 S.E.2d 871 (2000)

Michael DEMERY, Employee, Plaintiff, v. CONVERSE, INCORPORATED, Employer, GAB Business Services, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Huggins & Pounds, by Dallas M. Pounds, Lumberton, for plaintiff-appellee.

Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, L.L.P., by Gregory M. Willis, Raleigh, for defendant-appellants.

The Law Offices of George W. Lennon, by Michael W. Ballance, and The Jernigan Law Firm, by Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr., Raleigh, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


HUNTER, Judge.

Converse, Incorporated ("Converse") and GAB Business Services (collectively "defendants") contend that the North Carolina Industrial Commission ("Industrial Commission") erred in its conclusion that Michael Demery ("plaintiff") sustained compensable injuries under the Workers' Compensation Act ("Act") on 19 April 1994 and 16 May 1994 and that as a result, he is permanently and totally disabled. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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