BREWER v. POWERS TRUCKING COMPANY

No. 524.

123 S.E.2d 608 (1962)

256 N.C. 175

Bunn Curtis BREWER, Employee, v. POWERS TRUCKING COMPANY, Employer, and Iowa Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moody & Moody, Siler City, Ottway Burton, Linwood T. Peoples, Asheboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Simms & Simms, Raleigh, for defendants-appellant.


DENNY, Justice.

The defendants assign as error the action of the court below in overruling defendants' exception and assignment of error challenging the finding of fact to the effect that plaintiff sustained an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

In our opinion, this case does not fall within the general rule that injuries sustained by an employee while on his way to or returning from work are not compensable. As stated in...

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