TERRELL v. TERMINIX SERVICES

No. COA99-1428.

542 S.E.2d 332 (2001)

Phillip A. TERRELL, Employee, Plaintiff, v. TERMINIX SERVICES, INCORPORATED, Employer; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coward, Hicks & Siler, P.A., by Orville D. Coward, Sylva, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis, P.A., by Dale A. Curriden, Asheville, for the defendant-appellants.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

Defendants appeal from an opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission holding that plaintiff suffers from a compensable occupational disease. Defendants argue that plaintiff failed to notify his employer of his occupational disease within the two-year period prescribed by statute. Because plaintiff gave notice to his employer in ample time, we affirm the decision of the commission.

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