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HARDING v. THOMAS AND HOWARD COMPANY

No. 29.

124 S.E.2d 109 (1962)

256 N.C. 427

John Allen HARDING, Employee, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS AND HOWARD COMPANY, Employer; Employers Mutual Casualty Company, Carriers.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Wilkinson, Washington, for plaintiff, appellee.

Ward and Tucker, Washington, for defendants, appellants.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The North Carolina Workmen's Compensation Act does not provide compensation for injury, but only for injury by accident. G.S. § 97-2(6). The term "accident" as used in the Compensation Act has been defined by this Court as (1) an unlooked for and untoward event which is not expected or designed by the injured employee; (2) a result produced by a fortuitous cause. Smith v. Cabarrus Creamery Co., 217...

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