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WATKINS v. CITY OF WILMINGTON

No. 755IC418.

221 S.E.2d 910 (1976)

28 N.C. App. 553

R. W. WATKINS, Claimant, v. CITY OF WILMINGTON, Employer, and The Travelers Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Addison Hewlett, Jr., Wilmington, for plaintiff appellee.

Marshall, Williams, Gorham & Brawley, by A. Dumay Gorham, Jr., Wilmington, for defendants appellants.

MARTIN, Judge.

To be compensable under the Workmen's Compensation Act, an injury must be an ". . . injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment." G.S. 97-2(6). "The words `out of' refer to the origin or cause of the accident and the words `in the course of' to the time, place, and circumstances under which it occurred. (Citations omitted.) There must be some causal relation between the employment and the injury; but if the injury is one which...

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