WOOD v. J. P. STEVENS & CO.

No. 7710IC605.

245 S.E.2d 82 (1978)

36 N.C. App. 456

Eula WOOD, Employee, v. J. P. STEVENS & COMPANY, Employer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Hassell by Charles R. Hassell, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Teague, Johnson, Patterson, Dilthey & Clay by Dan M. Hartzog and George W. Dennis, III, Raleigh, for defendant-appellees.


HEDRICK, Judge.

Our initial inquiry must focus on the plaintiff's second assignment of error in which she contends that G.S. 97-53(13) as amended in 1971 is applicable to her claim for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act. A discussion of this assignment must begin with an examination of the relevant statutes.

The Workmen's Compensation Act, enacted in 1929 as Chapter 97 of the General Statutes, was originally designed to provide compensation...

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