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.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-49
Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc
Known as the The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 97–97 (132 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case de Portillo v. D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. (1999)
Most recently applied in de Portillo v. D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. (September 1999)
1929, c. 120, s. 48.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.