Inman v. Meares

The determinative question presented for decision is this: Was the employee’s right to compensation for temporary total disability under G.S. 97-29 a vested right which, upon his death from another accident found by the Industrial Commission to be compensable under G.S. 97-38, survived and became collectible by his personal representative?

We have no decision of this Court precisely decisive of the question. But by the weight of authority in other jurisdictions it is generally held that a claim for compensation which has accrued, but is unpaid, at the time of the death of the employee…