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FAYNE v. FIELDCREST MILLS, INC.

No. 8110IC110.

282 S.E.2d 539 (1981)

Shirley D. FAYNE, Employee, Plaintiff, v. FIELDCREST MILLS, INC., Employer, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James & Harkavy by Henry N. Patterson, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter by Gerard H. Davidson, Jr., Suzanne Reynolds, and J. Donald Cowan, Jr., Greensboro, for defendant-appellant.

WEBB, Judge.

It has been held in this state that if an employee receives an injury which is compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act and as a result of pain and suffering from this injury he becomes so deranged that he commits suicide, the death is compensable under G.S. 97-38. Petty v. Transport, Inc., 276 N.C. 417, 173 S.E.2d 321 (1970) and Thompson v. Transfer Co., ...

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