Opinion · Supreme Court of North Carolina

Harvey v. Raleigh Police Dept.

Harvey v. Raleigh Police Dept., 320 N.C. 631 (N.C. 1987)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Date
1987-09-03
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • recognizing depression as an occupational disease of police officers under the Workers’ Compensation Act
  • reversing the Commission’s finding that job related stress was not cause of officer’s suicide and remanding for reconsideration
  • no restriction on discretion of the Industrial Commission to tax costs of a medical expert’s deposition when plaintiff requests the deposition of its own medical expert

Citator

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Petition by defendant for discretionary review pursuant to G.S. 7A-31 denied 3 September 1987.