Harless v. Flynn

The basic question for determination by this Court has been succinctly pointed up by the Record on Appeal and the briefs as follows:

Does G.S., Chap. 97 (The North Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act) bar a common law action by an employee against a fellow employee for damages negligently inflicted in an automobile accident in the parking lot maintained by their employer for use by the employees, when both employees were in process of leaving the employer’s parking lot during the lunch hour, with the acquiescence of the employer, to eat lunch at some place away from the employer’s premises?

The…