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BURTON v. PETER W. BLUM AND SON

No. 440.

155 S.E.2d 71 (1967)

270 N.C. 695

Sarah Rebecca Patterson BURTON, Widow, and Next Friend of Walter Patterson Burton, Minor Son, and Bruce Lee Burton, Minor Son of Bobbie Lucian Burton, Deceased Employee, v. PETER W. BLUM AND SON, Employer, Travelers Insurance Company, Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Buck, Winston-Salem, for defendants.

Martin & Martin, Mocksville, for plaintiff.

LAKE, Justice.

The Workmen's Compensation Act authorizes the Industrial Commission to make an award of compensation on account of the death of an employee only in the event that "death results approximately from the accident and within two years thereafter, or while total disability still continues and within six years after the accident." G.S. § 97-38. The accident which the Commission found to be the proximate cause of the death occurred 20 June 1960. The death...

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