If the employee and the employer are subject to and have complied with the provisions of this Article, then the rights and remedies herein granted to the employee, his dependents, next of kin, or personal representative shall exclude all other rights and remedies of the employee, his dependents, next of kin, or representative as against the employer at common law or otherwise on account of such injury or death.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.1
Other rights and remedies against employer excluded
Known as the The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 97–97 (132 sections).
Applied in 45 court decisions — leading case 93 N.C. App. 431 - Brown v. Burlington Industries, Inc. (1989)
Most recently applied in 263 N.C. App. 597 - Estate of Belk by and Through Belk v. Boise Cascade Wood Prods., L. L.C. (February 2019)
1929, c. 120, s. 11; 1933, c. 449, s. 1; 1943, c. 622; 1959, c. 1324; 1973, c. 1291, s. 6.
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