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LOVETTE v. RELIABLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

No. 594.

136 S.E.2d 685 (1964)

262 N.C. 288

Eloise LOVETTE, Mother, John Lovette, Brother, Eloise J. Levette and Samuel Lovette, Deceased, Employee, v. RELIABLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Employer, and Employers Mutual Casualty Company, Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 12, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schoch & Schoch, by Arch K. Schoch, High Point, for plaintiff.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, by Richmond G. Bernhardt, Jr., Greensboro, for defendants.

SHARP, Justice.

Under the North Carolina Workmen's Compensation Act, compensation for the injury or death of an employee is based on his average weekly wages. These must ordinarily be determined by the employee's actual earnings in the employment in which he was injured during the fifty-two weeks, or such lesser period as he may have worked, immediately preceding his injury. G.S. § 97-2(5); Liles v. Faulkner Neon & Electric Co., 244...

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