Woody v. Carolina Spruce Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Finley, J., at Marcb Term, 1919, of YANCEY. The plaintiff was injured in the service of tbe defendant company, and alleges tliat the physician employed by the defendant, and who was compensated by monthly payments collected by the company from the employees, was guilty of negligence and malpractice. Yerdiet and judgment for the plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtClaRK, C. J.
This case has been already twice before this Court. In Woody v. Spruce Co., 175 N. C., 545, the defendant appealed, the verdict being $3,500, and this Court, in an opinion by Wallcer, J., granted a new trial for the erroneous admission of a letter claimed, but not duly proven, to have been written by the president of the defendant company. On the second appeal in this case, 176 N. C., 643, this Court, by Brown, J., set aside, the judgment of nonsuit, holding that “An employer who furnishes medical treatment to his employees, upon an assessment plan to meet the expenses thereof, is required to…
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- Woody v. Carolina Spruce Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
- Woody v. Carolina Spruce Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1918