A mother's wrongful death claim, filed after her son was crushed to death by a trash compactor at a county landfill, was not barred by workers' compensation exclusivity since the county had elected not to form an employment relationship with the workers provided by a temporary staffing agency, including 24-year-old Travis Kidd.Sheila Gregory, as administratrix of her son's estate, can sue Cleveland County and its employee, Barry Blaine Pearson, in tort, the Court of Appeals said in its 14-page decision on Monday. The consolidated cases were Gregory v. Pearson, No. COA12-7...
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