Jackson v. Bobbitt

Defendant Satterfield assigns as errors the denial of his motion for judgment of compulsory nonsuit made at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, and the denial of a similar motion renewed at the close of all the evidence.

Defendant contends that all five plaintiffs and James Lamar Roberts were employees of Bobby Roberts, and all five plaintiffs were injured by accident arising out of and in the course of their employment, and, therefore, their remedy being exclusively under the North Carolina’s Workmen’s Compensation Act, the trial court was without jurisdiction, and should have compulsorily…