Smith v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.

This workmen’s compensation case involves the claim of Evelyn Adams Smith against Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., for an award based upon disability allegedly resulting from the disease of byssinosis, a respiratory ailment caused by exposure to cotton dust. The Industrial Commission dismissed the claim.

The record shows that Mrs. Smith has been employed by Field-crest in a Henry County towel mill for more than thirty-four years. During most of that time, she worked in the yarn preparation department, located at one end of “a great big room.” Al though Mrs. Smith’s activity produced no significant…