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AUSTIN v. CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRE

No. COA06-1390.

648 S.E.2d 570 (2007)

Wayne AUSTIN, Employee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRE, Employer, Self-Insured, (Gallagher Bassett, Servicing Agent), Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace & Graham, PA, by Mona L. Wallace, Cathy Williams, and Edward Pauley, Salisbury, for Plaintiff-appellee.

Hedrick Eatman Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by J.A. Gardner, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

ELMORE, Judge.

Continental General Tire (defendant) appeals a 30 May 2006 Opinion and Award by the Full Commission of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (Full Commission), which awarded workers' compensation benefits to Wayne Austin (plaintiff). We affirm.

Plaintiff "was employed by defendant for over twenty years, during which time the record shows he was repeatedly exposed to asbestos dust and fibers. . . . Plaintiff retired on 1 June 1987 for reasons...

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