Latest Court of Appeals Cases on Workers’ Compensation
Last week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued two decisions on workers’ compensation. In the first case, Jones v. Steve Jones Auto Group, the plaintiff was a general manager at auto dealerships who sought benefits due to mold exposure – an unlisted occupational disease. Due to the dangerous mold in his office, the plaintiff developed serious respiratory ailments. When, as in this case, an occupational disease is not one of those specifically listed in the Workers’ Compensation Act, one has to prove that “the employment exposed the worker to a greater risk of contracting the disease than the public generally” and that the employment “significantly contributed to, or was a significant causal factor in, the disease’s development.”
Categories: Judicial Decisions
