Gilbert v. Entenmann's, Inc.

WYNN, Judge.

Plaintiff Ann Jones Gilbert seeks workers’ compensation benefits for the death of her husband, Hughes L. Gilbert, Jr. Mr. Gilbert was employed with defendant Entenmann’s, Inc. as a bakery distributor supervisor and his duties required him to perform such marketing and advertising functions as attending trade shows and setting up retail displays.

On 11 August 1989, pursuant to defendant’s instructions, plaintiff and decedent drove to Kernersville, North Carolina to move a large desk which weighed between 250 and 300 pounds. Another employee had agreed to help decedent, but decedent…