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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-55 (2026)

quot;Disability" defined

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The term "disability" as used in this Article means the state of being incapacitated as the term is used in defining "disablement" in G.S. 97-54. (1935, c. 123.)

 

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Cited in 9 cases, 1952–2019 · leading case: Pope v. Manville, 700 S.E.2d 22 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010).
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Pope v. Manville, 700 S.E.2d 22 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-55 (2009) defines “disability” as “the state of being incapacitated as the term is used in defining ‘disablement’ in [N.”
Taylor v. J. P. Stevens & Co., 265 S.E.2d 144 (N.C. 1980). “G.S. 97-55 provides that “[t]he term ‘disability’ .”
Honeycutt v. Carolina Asbestos Co., 70 S.E.2d 426 (N.C. 1952). “” G.S. 97-55. In the enactment of the above definitions, we construe the legislative intent to be simply this: In all cases involving industrial accidents and occupational diseases, except asbestosis and silicosis, “disability” means the incapacity to earn wages which the…”
McKee v. Crescent Spinning Co., 284 S.E.2d 175 (N.C. Ct. App. 1981). “G.S. 97-55 defines “disability” for occupational diseases as “the state of being incapacitated as the term is used in defining ‘disablement’ in G.”
Hyatt v. Waverly Mills, 286 S.E.2d 837 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). “97-2(9) and G.S. 97-55, are clearly and amply supported by the evidence.”
Dowdy v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., 298 S.E.2d 82 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). “Under G.S. 97-55, disability is defined as “the state of being incapacitated as the term is used in defining ‘disablement’ in G.”
May v. Shuford Mills, Inc., 307 S.E.2d 372 (N.C. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “§ 97-2 (9); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-55 ; N.C. Gen. Stat.”
Hinson v. Cont'l Tire The Ams. (N.C. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “G.S. § 97-55 (2017), and is therefore, in all ways relevant to this opinion, synonymous with “disablement.”
Pope v. Manville, 690 S.E.2d 558 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-55 defines "disability" for occupational diseases as "the state of being incapacitated as the term is used in defining `disablement' in [N.”
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