FORTNER v. J.K. HOLDING CO.

No. 685A86.

357 S.E.2d 167 (1987)

319 N.C. 640

Betty B. FORTNER, Employee Plaintiff, v. J.K. HOLDING COMPANY, Employer American Insurance Company, Carrier Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Homesley, Jones, Gaines & Fields by Edmund L. Gaines and Cliff W. Homesley, Statesville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe by Thomas E. Williams, Charlotte, for defendants-appellees.


FRYE, Justice.

The sole question on appeal before this Court is whether the plaintiff's accident arose out of and in the course of her employment. We hold that it did not, and accordingly affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

Before turning to a consideration of this issue, however, we must first address one preliminary matter. In plaintiff's new brief filed with this Court, in place of a new argument, her attorney included a statement incorporating...

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