Childress v. Fluor Daniel, Inc.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Defendants (Fluor Daniel, Inc., and Kemper Insurance Company) appeal an Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission awarding plaintiff (Jessie Bill Childress) forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for permanent injury to his lungs and an additional twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for permanent injury to his colon. For the reasons discussed herein, we affirm.

The relevant facts as found by the Full Commission are as follows. Plaintiff was employed by Daniel International Corporation (Fluor Daniel’s predecessor in interest) at the DuPont Facility , in Brevard,…