BRIEF: Court of Appeals: Tire worker\'s claim of cancer rejected

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The worker, Donald E. Powers Jr. of Bladenboro, started working atthe factory in 1983, the court record says. In late 2001, he wentto Dr. Erik Kenyon, who diagnosed his skin cancer.
From 2001 to 2005, Kenyon gave Powers chemotherapy and removedlesions from Powers' hands, wrists, neck, nose, eyelid and eyebrow.
Kenyon said Powers' exposure to chemicals at the Goodyear factorycontributed to the skin cancer. But he also testified that 99.9percent of skin cancer is caused by sun damage.
In July 2006, a deputy commissioner for the state IndustrialCommission decided that Goodyear was responsible for Powers' skincancer and had to pay for his treatment.
The full Industrial Commission decided in June 2007 that the deputycommissioner was wrong and overturned the decision. It said thatPowers did not prove he was exposed to the chemicals that he saidcaused his cancer or that the chemicals had caused it.
The Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the decision to rejectPowers' claim.
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