CARPENTER v. HAWLEY

No. 8010IC1084.

281 S.E.2d 783 (1981)

Deborah CARPENTER, Acknowledged Daughter; Vinez Patricia Tinsley, Guardian Ad Litem for Shauna L. Tinsley, Alleged Acknowledged Minor Child of Robert F. Kenan, deceased, Plaintiff, v. Tony E. HAWLEY, Contractors; American Casualty Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barringer, Allen & Pinnix by Thomas L. Barringer and M. Jean Calhoun, Raleigh, for plaintiff, Deborah Carpenter.

Knox V. Jenkins, Jr., Smithfield, for appellee, Vinez P. Tinsley, Guardian Ad Litem for Shauna L. Tinsley.

Young, Moore, Henderson & Alvis by B. T. Henderson, II and Robert C. Paschal, Raleigh, for defendants Tony E. Hawley Contractors and American Cas. Ins. Co.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Plaintiff contends that the Industrial Commission erred in finding and concluding that Shauna L. Tinsley was the acknowledged illegitimate child of the deceased, Robert F. Kenan, that Deborah Carpenter was only partially dependent upon the deceased, and that Shauna was entitled to the entire award.

On appeal from an order of the Industrial Commission the jurisdiction of the courts is limited to the questions of law, whether there was competent...

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