Court of Appeals of North Carolina September 18, 2001, No. COA00-1130 (Smith v. Pinkerton's Security & Investigations)

WYNN, Judge.

This appeal arises out of the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to a plaintiff who suffered a heart attack on 20 March 1997. We affirm that denial.

*279Pinkerton’s Security and Investigations (“Pinkerton’s”) employed plaintiff as a patrol supervisor. In late 1996 or early 1997, plaintiff convinced Pinkerton’s to hire his nephew, Jimmy Young, as a security guard.