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LUCAS v. LI'L GENERAL STORES

No. 14.

221 S.E.2d 257 (1976)

289 N.C. 212

Ola Blanton LUCAS, widow of Leonard M. Lucas, Deceased, Employee v. LI'L GENERAL STORES, a Division of General Host Corporation, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Basil L. Whitener and Anne M. Lamm, Gastonia, for plaintiff.

Mullen, Holland & Harrell, P. A., by James Mullen, Gastonia, for defendants.

LAKE, Justice.

It is well settled that to be entitled to maintain a proceeding for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act the claimant must have been an employee of the alleged employer at the time of his injury, or, in case of a claim for death benefits, the deceased must have been such an employee when injured. Hicks v. Guilford County, 267 N.C. 364, 148 S.E.2d 240; Askew v...

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