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BOOKER v. DUKE MEDICAL CENTER

No. 77.

256 S.E.2d 189 (1979)

297 N.C. 458

Esther B. BOOKER, Widow and Guardian ad Litem for Elizabeth A. Booker, et al. v. DUKE MEDICAL CENTER and Glens Falls Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dalton H. Loftin, Hillsborough, for plaintiffs.

Newsom, Graham, Strayhorn, Hedrick, Murray, Bryson & Kennon by Robert B. Glenn, Jr., and Josiah S. Murray III, Durham, for defendants.

SHARP, Chief Justice.

For an injury or death to be compensable under our Workmen's Compensation Act it must be either the result of an "accident arising out of and in the course of the employment" or an "occupational disease." The Court of Appeals concluded that Booker's injury was not the result of an "accident" because no specific incident could be identified which led to his contracting the disease. Booker v. Medical Center, 32 N.C. App...

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