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PAINTER v. MEAD CORPORATION

No. 18.

129 S.E.2d 482 (1963)

258 N.C. 741

Blanche P. PAINTER, Widow, Tolvin Edgar Painter, deceased, and Blanche P. Painter, Administratrix of the Estate of Tolvin Edgar Painter, deceased, Employee, Claimant, v. The MEAD CORPORATION, Employer, Self-Insurer, Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall, Thornburg & Holt, by W. Paul Holt, Jr., Sylva, for defendant, appellant.

J. Charles McDarris, Frank D. Ferguson, Jr., Waynesville, for plaintiff, appellee.

HIGGINS, Justice.

Our Workmen's Compensation Act, G.S. § 97-38, provides for payment of benefits to the dependents of an employee whose death results proximately from the accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, unless "death was occasioned * * * by the willful intention of the employee to * * * kill himself." G.S. § 97-12.

In this proceeding the parties stipulated: (1) On July 21,...

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