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WILHITE v. LIBERTY VENEER CO.

No. 7910IC911.

267 S.E.2d 566 (1980)

Mary M. WILHITE, Widow of Earnest Wilhite, Deceased, v. LIBERTY VENEER COMPANY, Defendant-Employer, and Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Defendant-Insurance Carrier.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sammie Chess, Jr., High Point, for plaintiff appellee.

Tuggle, Duggins, Meschan, Thornton & Elrod by Joseph E. Elrod, III and Joseph F. Brotherton, Greensboro, for defendant.

CLARK, Judge.

This appeal presents a question of first impression in this jurisdiction: Whether the dependents of an employee who suffers a serious bodily disfigurement due to an accident covered by the Workers' Compensation Act, but who dies due to an unrelated cause, are nonetheless entitled to a post mortem award for serious bodily disfigurement?

Several rules of law are undisputed. The purpose of the Workers' Compensation Act, N.C.Gen.Stat. Ch....

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