Opinion

Hix v. Jenkins

  • 118 N.C. App. 103
  • 453 S.E.2d 551
  • 1995 N.C. App. LEXIS 75
Court
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Filed
Feb 21, 1995
Status
Published
Author
Walker
On the bench
Eagles, Greene, Walker
Cited by
1 cases

The opinion

Judge Walker

concurring.

I agree with the majority that the legislature intended volunteer firemen to be treated as employees under the Workers’ Compensation Act and to provide them with workers’ compensation benefits even though a true employer-employee relationship does not exist between volunteer firemen and their volunteer fireman’s association. However, I recognize that workers’ compensation benefits may not *106 fully compensate plaintiff for his injuries but I believe it is for the legislature to address the circumstances in which a volunteer fireman can, as here, bring a negligence action against his fellow employee.

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