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CLARK v. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 8510IC449.

338 S.E.2d 553 (1986)

Reece CLARK, Employee v. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Employer and American Motorist Insurance Company, Carrier.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lore & McClearen by R. Edwin McClearen, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter by J. Donald Cowan, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellees.

EAGLES, Judge.

Plaintiff worked for defendant Burlington Industries from 1951 to 1976, and from 1979 to his retirement in 1983. He worked in Burlington's "weave rooms," where power looms made continuous noise at or above the 90 decibel (db) level. (During the period 1976-1979 plaintiff worked in home maintenance and was not exposed to loud mechanical noise.) On 1 October 1971, new provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act went into effect which allowed compensation...

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