Hauser v. Advanced Plastiform, Inc.

McGEE, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks workers’ compensation benefits in the death of his wife, Janet Noble Hauser (Hauser), who was murdered 4 December 1995. Hauser was the office manager for Advanced Plastiform, Inc. (Advanced Plastiform). She was kidnapped and murdered by Leroy Mann (Mann), a former employee of Advanced Plastiform who had recently been laid off. A deputy commissioner of the North Carolina Industrial Commission filed an opinion and award 9 June 1997 denying plaintiff’s claim for benefits, concluding that “[t]he decedent’s death did not arise out of and in the course of her employment…