EVANS v. CONWOOD, LLC

No. COA08-1368.

681 S.E.2d 833 (2009)

Lillian EVANS, Plaintiff, v. CONWOOD, LLC d/b/a Taylor Brothers, Employer, Travelers Insurance Company, Carrier, and/or Conwood LLC d/b/a Taylor Brothers, Employer, Self-Insured (ESIS/ACE-USA Insurance Co., Adjusting Agent), Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walden & Walden, by Daniel S. Walden, Winston-Salem, for employee-plaintiff-appellee.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Philip J. Mohr, Winston-Salem, for self-insured-defendants-appellants Taylor Brothers and ESIS/ACE-USA Insurance Company.

Orbock Ruark & Dillard, PA, by Mark A. Leach, Winston-Salem, for defendants-cross-appellant Travelers Insurance Company.


STEELMAN, Judge.

The record supports the Industrial Commission's finding that plaintiff's employment placed her at an increased risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome. The record also supports the Industrial Commission's finding that plaintiff's occupational disease is compensable. The Industrial Commission was correct in finding that plaintiff was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of carpal tunnel syndrome after Taylor Brothers became self-insured, with...

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