Legal Opinion
Stevenson v. City of Durham
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 10, 1972No. 3PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRANCH, Justice.
The question presented by this appeal is whether “brothers” and “sisters” who are eighteen years of age, or older, and married are “next of kin” as defined in G.S. 97-40.
At the time of O’Neal Daniels’ injury and death, G.S. 97-40, in part, provided:
Subject to the provisions of G.S. 97-38, if the deceased employee leaves neither whole nor partial dependents, then the compensation which would be payable under G.S. 97-38 to whole dependents shall be commuted to its present value and paid in a lump sum to the next of kin as herein defined. For purposes of this section and G.S.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. HarveySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
- State v. SpencerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- In Re WatsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Hollman v. City of Raleigh, Public Utilities DepartmentSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Galligan v. Town of Chapel HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
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3Cited by130 opinions
- Rutledge v. Tultex Corp./Kings YarnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
- State v. FulcherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
- Coastal Ready-Mix Concrete Co. v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Rate BureauSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- Black v. LittlejohnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
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