N.C. Court: Out-of-Town Assault Arose From Employment

Employees whose work requires travel away from the employer's premises are within the course of their employment continuously during such travel,a North Carolina appellate court found. In Ramsey v. Southern Industrial Constructors Inc., no. COA04-1639 (6/20/06), the North Carolina Court of Appeals took up an appeal to an opinion and award from the North Carolina Industrial Commission. The commission granted Walter Lee Ramsey Jr. temporary total disability compensation and compensation for partial permanent disability for injuries suffered in an assault on him whiel he stayed at a motel in ...