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ROMAN v. SOUTHLAND TRANSP. CO.

No. 19A99.

515 S.E.2d 214 (1999)

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

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waggoner, Hamrick, Hasty, Monteith and Kratt, P.L.L.C., by S. Dean Hamrick and John W. Bowers, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellants.

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

WAINWRIGHT, Justice.

In January 1994, decedent Luis Roman (Roman) began working as a long-distance truck driver for Southland Transportation Company (Southland). On 7 April 1994, Southland dispatched Roman to pick up a load of furniture in Chicago, Illinois, and to deliver it to Rocky Mount, North Carolina. En route to Rocky Mount, Roman stopped to refuel his truck shortly after midnight at the Flying J Truck Stop (Flying J) in Gary, Indiana. Inside the Flying J,...

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