Phillips v. U.S. Air, Inc.

GREENE, Judge.

Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-86, Timothy S. Phillips (plaintiff) appeals from the Opinion and Award of the Industrial Commission (Commission) which denied plaintiffs claim for workers’ compensation.

Plaintiff worked for U.S. Air from April 1986 until 30 June 1990. On 30 June, plaintiff left work for “a contemplated vacation,” and on 3 July 1990 “developed the symptomatic onset of [a] . . . salmonella infection,” which required his hospitalization. Plaintiff was later diagnosed with the chronic fatigue syndrome, which “continues to totally incapacitate him.” Plaintiff gave…