Fayne v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.

WEBB, Judge.

It has been held in this state that if an employee receives an injury which is compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act and as a result of pain and suffering from this injury he becomes so deranged that he commits suicide, the death is com-pensable under G.S. 97-38. Petty v. Transport, Inc., 276 N.C. 417, 173 S.E. 2d 321 (1970) and Thompson v. Transfer Co., 48 N.C. App. 47, 268 S.E. 2d 534 (1980). We believe under the holdings of these cases that if an employee receives an injury which is compensable and the injury causes her to become so emotionally disturbed that she is…