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BENTLEY v. JONATHAN PINER CONST.

No. COA16-62-2.

802 S.E.2d 161 (2017)

Thomas BENTLEY, Employee, Plaintiff, v. JONATHAN PINER CONSTRUCTION, Alleged Employer, and Stonewood Insurance Company, Alleged Carrier, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: July 18, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dunn, Pittman, Skinner & Cushman, PLLC, New Bern, by Rudolph A. Ashton, III ; and Dodge Jones Law Firm, P.A., Beaufort, by Robert C. Dodge , for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Raleigh, by Michael W. Ballance and Martin R. Jernigan , for Defendants-Appellees.

Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro, by Jeri L. Whitfield , for North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.

Law Offices of Kathleen G. Sumner, Greensboro, by Kathleen G. Sumner ; and Law Office of David P. Stewart, by David P. Stewart , for Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group, amicus curiae.

Thomas Bentley ("Plaintiff") appeals from an opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission ("the Commission") determining he was not an "employee" of Jonathan Piner Construction ("Piner Construction"), as that term is used in the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-1 et seq....

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