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  "name": "WAYNE AUSTIN, Employee v. CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRE, SELF-INSURED, Employer",
  "name_abbreviation": "Austin v. Continental General Tire",
  "decision_date": "2001-11-09",
  "docket_number": "No. 73A01",
  "first_page": "344",
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    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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      "cite": "141 N.C. App. 397",
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    "judges": [
      "Justice EDMUNDS did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "WAYNE AUSTIN, Employee v. CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRE, SELF-INSURED, Employer"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by Judge Greene, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand this case to that court for further remand to the North Carolina Industrial Commission for proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion and Judge Greene\u2019s dissent below.\nREVERSED AND REMANDED.\nJustice EDMUNDS did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.",
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        "author": "PER CURIAM."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Wallace and Graham, P.A., by Mona Lisa Wallace and Richard L. Huffman, for plaintiff-appellee.",
      "Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P, by J.A. Gardner, III, and Jeff Kadis, for defendant-appellant.",
      "Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, L.L.P., by Josephine H. Hicks and Anna L. Baird, on behalf of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry, amicus curiae.",
      "The Jemigan Law Firm, by Leonard T. Jemigan, Jr., on behalf of Workplace Injury Litigation Group, Inc., amicus curiae.",
      "Johnston, Allison & Hord, PA, by James W. Allison, on behalf of Carolinas AGC, Inc., amicus curiae.",
      "Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, L.L.P., by Thomas M. Clare and Tracey L. Jones, on behalf of N.C. Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "WAYNE AUSTIN, Employee v. CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRE, SELF-INSURED, Employer\nNo. 73A01\n(Filed 9 November 2001)\nWorkers\u2019 Compensation\u2014 asbestosis\u2014statutory compensation\u2014removal from employment\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals in a workers\u2019 compensation asbestosis case is reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals that an employee must be \u201cremoved\u201d from his employment as a prerequisite to receiving the 104 weeks of compensation provided by N.C.G.S. \u00a7 97-61.5, that an employee who is no longer employed at the time he is diagnosed with asbestosis thus may not proceed with a workers\u2019 compensation claim under this statute, and that N.C.G.S. \u00a7 97-64 provides plaintiff\u2019s sole remedy for his alleged asbestos-related disorder.\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 141 N.C. App. 397, 540 S.E.2d 824 (2000), affirming an opinion and award entered by the North Carolina Industrial Commission on 18 December 1998. Heard in the Supreme Court 18 October 2001.\nWallace and Graham, P.A., by Mona Lisa Wallace and Richard L. Huffman, for plaintiff-appellee.\nHedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P, by J.A. Gardner, III, and Jeff Kadis, for defendant-appellant.\nParker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, L.L.P., by Josephine H. Hicks and Anna L. Baird, on behalf of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry, amicus curiae.\nThe Jemigan Law Firm, by Leonard T. Jemigan, Jr., on behalf of Workplace Injury Litigation Group, Inc., amicus curiae.\nJohnston, Allison & Hord, PA, by James W. Allison, on behalf of Carolinas AGC, Inc., amicus curiae.\nTeague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, L.L.P., by Thomas M. Clare and Tracey L. Jones, on behalf of N.C. Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae."
  },
  "file_name": "0344-01",
  "first_page_order": 378,
  "last_page_order": 379
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