May v. Shuford Mills, Inc.

BECTON, Judge.

I

The issues in the appeal of this occupational disease case relate (a) to the date plaintiff was first advised by competent medical authority of the nature and work-related quality of his disease, and (b) to whether a pre-1957 version of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-53(13) pertains to plaintiffs claim.

II

Plaintiff filed a claim for compensation with the Industrial Commission on 27 February 1981. Plaintiffs testimony before the Deputy Commissioner tends to show the following:

Plaintiff was born in 1907. When he was 29 years old, he began working for defendant Shuford Mills (defendant) at…