Legal Opinion
Saums v. Raleigh Community Hospital
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided October 15, 1996No. COA95-1303PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Judge.
Raleigh Community Hospital (employer) and Continental Insurance Company (Continental Insurance) (collectively defendants) appeal the award by the North Carolina Industrial Commission (the Commission) of ongoing total disability to Hattie Saums (Saums).
On 22 September 1989, Saums, a fifty-three-year-old female with a ninth-grade education, sustained an injury to her back arising out of her employment as a housekeeper with the employer. In November 1989, she underwent a lumbar laminectomy and a discectomy. She remained at home recovering from the operation until January 1990 when…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Peoples v. Cone Mills Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
- Tyndall v. Walter Kidde & Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1991
- Arrington v. Texfi IndustriesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1996
3Cited by9 opinions
- Saums v. Raleigh Community HospitalSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997
- Stamey v. N.C. Self-Insurance Guaranty Ass'nCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1998
- McGee v. Estes Express LinesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1997
- Harris v. North American ProductsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1997
- Harris v. Empuricon, Inc.North Carolina Industrial Commission · 1997
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