Johnson v. Catlett

The question posed for determination is this: Where plaintiff’s intestate, a resident of Virginia, employed and working in that State under its Workmen’s Compensation Laws, was killed while a passenger in a North Carolina automobile accident while temporarily in North Carolina in the course and scope of his Virginia employment, and an award is made to his beneficiaries by his employer pursuant to the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act, and thereafter an action is begun in North Carolina for wrongful death against the alleged third party tort-feasor, may such defendant pursuant to G.S. 1-240…