GOLDSTON v. GOLDSTON CONCRETE WORKS, INC.

No. 7519IC1050.

225 S.E.2d 332 (1976)

29 N.C. App. 717

Paulette L. GOLDSTON, wife of Boyce Goldston, Deceased, Employee, Plaintiff, v. GOLDSTON CONCRETE WORKS, INCORPORATED, Employer, and the Home Indemnity Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner, Rollins & Rollins, by Clyde T. Rollins, Greensboro, for plaintiff appellee.

Hedrick McKnight, Parham, Helms, Kellam, Feerick & Connelly, by Philip R. Hedrick and J. A. Gardner III, Charlotte, for defendants appellants.


VAUGHN, Judge.

To be compensable under the Workmen's Compensation Act an injury must be one that arises out of and in the course of the employment.

"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 [t]here must be some causal relation between the employment and the injury; but if the injury is one which, after the event, may be seen to have had its...

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