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ETHERIDGE v. BUTLER

No. 68SC179.

162 S.E.2d 82 (1968)

1 N.C. App. 582

D. G. ETHERIDGE, Employee, Plaintiff, v. Vance BUTLER, Jr., Employer; Bituminous Casualty Corp., Carrier, and/or Georgia-Pacific Lumber Co., Employer, Self-Insurer, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Jack Hooks, and Powell, Lee & Lee, by J. B. Lee, Jr., Whiteville, for claimant appellee.

Marshall & Williams, by A. Dumay Corham, Jr., Wilmington, for Vance Butler, Jr. and Bituminous Casualty Corporation, appellants.

Powell & Powell, by Frank M. Powell, Whiteville, for Georgia-Pacific Lumber Company, appellee.

BROCK, Judge.

The main contention of the appellants is that claimant was working for his father who was an independent contractor, and that neither claimant nor his father were employees of Vance Butler, Jr., at the time of the accident. The evidence was conflicting. A finding of fact by the Industrial Commission, if supported by competent evidence, is binding on the Superior Court Judge who reviews the case, and is likewise binding on this Court on appeal. Pardue...

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