Stewart v. North Carolina Department of Corrections

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the finding of fact and conclusion of law that the accident causing plaintiff’s injury arose out of and in the course of his employment. We find no merit in the assignment.

To be compensable an accident must arise out of the course and scope of employment. Loflin v. Loflin, 13 N.C. App. 574, 186 S.E. 2d 660 (1972), cert. denied, 281 N.C. 154, 187 S.E. 2d 585 (1972). Where the fruit of certain labor accrues either directly or indirectly to the benefit of an employer, employees injured in the course of such work are entitled to compensation under the…