Legal Opinion

Early v. W. H. Basnight & Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 21, 1938PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

'W'iNBORNE, J.

These four questions are presented on this appeal:

I. Where an employee has been employed for the fifty-two weeks prior to the time of the injury which results in death, at wages the weekly average of wkich is definitely ascertainable by dividing the total by fifty-two, does tbe North Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act require that method of computing the average weekly wages of such employee to be followed?

2. Or, upon finding that for exceptional reasons that that method would be unfair to employee, may the North Carolina Industrial Commission resort to such other method as…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Asheville Hosiery Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  2. Hildebrand v. . Furniture Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  3. Walker v. J. D. Wilkins, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  4. Borders v. . ClineSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  5. Borders v. ClineSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Barnhardt v. Yellow Cab CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
  2. Purvis ex rel. Liles v. Faulkner Neon & Electric Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  3. Clark Ex Rel. Clark v. Burton Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
  4. Blevins v. . TeerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  5. Casey v. . Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941

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