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WEST v. HOYLE'S TIRE & AXLE, LLC

No. 180PA21.

881 S.E.2d 149 (2022)

2022-NCSC-144

Sharon Cash WEST, wife of Keith West (decedent), Jessica West Hayes, adult daughter of Keith West (decedent), Raymond West, adult son of Keith West (decedent), and Shannon Stocks v. HOYLE'S TIRE & AXLE, LLC, employer, and Travelers Indemnity Company, carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 16, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mast, Johnson, Trimyer, Wright, Booker & Van Patten, P.A., by Charles D. Mast , Smithfield, and Caroline V. Parrish ; and The Sumwalt Group, by Vernon Sumwalt , for plaintiff-appellant Shannon Stocks.

Hemmings & Stevens, P.L.L.C., Raleigh, by Kelly A. Stevens , for plaintiff-appellee Jessica West Hayes.

Amy S. Berry , Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellee Sharon West.

D. Randall Cloninger , Henderson, for plaintiff-appellee Raymond West.

Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham, L.L.P., by Luke A. West and Kyla K. Block , Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.

¶ 1 The task here is to determine whether an individual who lacks a legal relationship with a deceased employee can be a dependent entitled to file a claim for death benefits under N.C.G.S. § 97-39 of the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act (the Act). This Court addressed...

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