ROMAN v. SOUTHLAND TRANSP. CO.

No. COA97-1343.

508 S.E.2d 543 (1998)

Luis ROMAN, Deceased Employee, Mayra E. Roman, Isid E. Roman, Noemi E. Roman, Oscar A. Roman, and Jessica C. Roman, Plaintiffs, v. SOUTHLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Employer; Riscorp of North Carolina Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waggoner, Hamrick, Hasty, Monteith and Kratt, PLLC, by S. Dean Hamrick, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellees.

Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by Mel J. Garofalo and Erica B. Lewis, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant Southland Transportation Company.


GREENE, Judge.

Southland Transportation Company (Southland) appeals from the North Carolina Industrial Commission's (Commission) award of workers' compensation benefits to the decedent Luis Roman (Roman), Mayra E. Roman, Isid E. Roman, Noemi E. Roman, Oscar A. Roman, and Jessica C. Roman (collectively, Plaintiffs).

Roman began working as a long distance truck driver for Southland in January of 1994. Pursuant to his employment, he was given Southland's "Driver...

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