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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 111A08

FILED: 12 DECEMBER 2008

STEVIE JOHNSON, Employee

v.

CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM, Employer,

SELF-INSURED

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. §7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 656 S.E.2d 608 (2008), affirming an opinion and award entered by the North Carolina Industrial Commission on 5 February 2007. Heard in the Supreme Court on 13 October 2008.

Roderick T. McIver for plaintiff-appellee.

Wilson & Coffey, LLP, by Kevin B. Cartledge and Lorin J. Lapidus, for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.