North Carolina Industrial Commission April 30, 1997, I.C. No. 028828 (Seagle v. Kent-Coffey Manufacturing Company)

At the time of the hearing before the Deputy Commissioner, the plaintiff was 65 years old, with a birth date of July 25, 1929. (Tp. 83.) From 1948 until 1987, the plaintiff worked in "Plant #1" in Lenoir, in the maintenance department. (Tp. 48.) During the plaintiff's 39 years of employment at Plant #1, the ownership of the plant changed several times. (Stipulated Exhibit #2.