VINCENT v. CSX TRANSP., INC.

No. COA00-965.

552 S.E.2d 643 (2001)

Robert L. VINCENT v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bondurant & Appleton, P.C., by Randall E. Appleton, Portsmouth, for plaintiff-appellant.

Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., by Timothy Wood Wilson and Randall Ray Adams, Rocky Mount, for defendant-appellee.


WALKER, Judge.

From March 1970 until November 1986, Robert L. Vincent (plaintiff) worked for CSX Transportation, Inc. (defendant). Plaintiff's job required him to inspect, repair, and maintain the rails, crossties, and roadbeds upon which trains operate. His duties exposed him to varying levels of dust and he was hospitalized in 1984 for difficulty of breathing. Plaintiff's physicians advised him that cigarette smoking was contributing to his breathing difficulties...

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