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BOWEN v. ABF FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

No. COA05-1257.

633 S.E.2d 854 (2006)

Tom BOWEN, Employee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ABF FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., Successor-in-Interest to Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation, Self-Insured (GAB Robins, Servicing Agent), Employer, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 5, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hedrick Eatman Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by Neil P. Andrews and Jennifer S. Anderson, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

Patrick, Harper & Dixon L.L.P., by David W. Hood, and Leslie M. Yount, Hickory, for plaintiff-appellee.

ELMORE, Judge.

Tom Bowen (plaintiff) was employed as a dockworker by Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation, a/k/a ABF Freight Systems, Inc. (defendant) beginning on 2 February 1995. Plaintiff injured his lower back while lifting materials in the course and scope of his employment. Defendant filed a Form 21 admitting the compensability of plaintiff's low back injury. Plaintiff was authorized to return to work on 12 June...

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