THOMASON v. FIBER INDUSTRIES

No. 8410IC1162.

336 S.E.2d 632 (1985)

Brenda Heilig THOMASON, Employee Plaintiff, v. FIBER INDUSTRIES, Employer, Northwestern National Insurance Company, Carrier Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corriher, Whitley & Busby by James A. Corriher, Salisbury, for plaintiff-appellee.

Brinkley, Walser, McGirt, Miller & Smith by G. Thompson Miller, Lexington, for defendant-appellants.


PHILLIPS, Judge.

The main question raised by this appeal is whether under the circumstances of this case plaintiff's established costochondritis is an occupational disease under our Workers' Compensation Act. Though several similar diseases and conditions that are sometimes caused by the wear and tear of employment—blisters, G.S. 97-53(16); bursitis, the inflammation of a bursa, a small soft tissue sac often lying between bones and muscles, G...

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