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PETTY v. ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT, INC.

No. 20.

173 S.E.2d 321 (1970)

276 N.C. 417

Mrs. Ruby W. PETTY, Widow, Edgar Petty, Deceased, Employee v. ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT, INC., Self-Insurer.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Vernon and W. R. Dalton, Jr., Burlington, for plaintiff appellant.

Jordan, Wright, Nichols, Caffrey & Hill, by Luke Wright and Edward L. Murrelle, Greensboro, for defendant appellee.

SHARP, Justice.

The opinion and award of the full Commission, which struck Commissioner Marshall's finding that there was no causal relation between Petty's suicide and the accident on 13 February 1966, discloses: (1) As to the facts, the Commission was convinced that Petty intentionally took his own life, but that his death was directly attributable to the injuries he received in the accident. (2) As to the law, upon these facts, the Commission thought G.S. §...

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