NC General Statutes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-49 (2026)
Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc
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If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is under 18 years of age at the time when any right or privilege accrues to him under this Article, his guardian, trustee or committee may in his behalf claim and exercise such right or privilege. (1929, c. 120, s. 48.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1987–1999 · leading case: HAND BY HAND v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., 355 S.E.2d 141 (N.C. Ct. App. 1987).
HAND BY HAND v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., 355 S.E.2d 141 (N.C. Ct. App. 1987). “She has failed to show she sustained a change in condition within two years of the last payment of compensation in this case; and, further she has failed to show that she was mentally incompetent at the time her right to reopen her case accrued as provided in G.”
de Portillo v. D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co., 518 S.E.2d 555 (N.C. Ct. App. 1999). “§ 97-48 and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-49 .” *717 North Carolina General Statutes section 97-48 states in pertinent part that compensation relieving the employer of any liability may be paid “to a widow or widower for her or his use, or for her or his use and the use of the child or…”
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