POPE v. GOODSON

No. 162.

107 S.E.2d 524 (1959)

249 N.C. 690

Lella J. POPE, Widow of James Leonidas Pope, Sr., Deceased, Employee, v. A. N. GOODSON, Employer, and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hogue & Hogue and R. L. Savage, Wilmington, for dependents, appellants.

J. H. Ferguson, Wilmington, for plaintiff, appellee.


PARKER, Justice.

The question for decision is whether the record permits the inference that the death of Pope resulted from an injury by accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment. An affirmative answer would uphold the judgment below; a negative response would reverse it.

The generally recognized rule is that where the injured employee is by reason of his employment peculiarly or specially exposed to risk of injury from lightning—...

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