IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 208A99

Filed: 8 October 1999

WANDA J. CHOATE,

Employee

v.

SARA LEE PRODUCTS,

Employer;

SELF/CONSTITUTION STATE SERVICES,

Carrier

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. ___, 514 S.E.2d 529 (1999), reversing and remanding an opinion and award entered by the North Carolina Industrial Commission on 7 February 1997. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 September 1999.

Donaldson & Black, P.A., by Jay A. Gervasi, Jr., for plaintiff-appellee.

Orbock Bowden Ruark & Dillard, P.C., by Barbara E. Ruark, for defendant-appellants.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.