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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
NO. 336PA03
FILED: 7 MAY 2004
MARIA
TERESA PALMER, Guardian ad litem
for
J. CARMEN FUENTES,
Employee
v.
W.
BRENT JACKSON d/b/a JACKSON'S
FARMING
COMPANY,
Employer,
and
COMPANION
PROPERTY AND CASUALTY,
Carrier
On
discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of
the Court of Appeals, 157 N.C. App. 625, 579 S.E.2d 901 (2003), vacating and
remanding orders entered 10 July and 24 July 2001 by Judge Russell J. Lanier,
Jr., in Superior Court, Sampson County. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 March
2004.
Roy
Cooper, Attorney General, by Celia Grasty Lata, Special Deputy Attorney
General, and Brent D. Kiziah, Assistant Attorney General, for The University of
North Carolina Hospitals and The University of North Carolina Physicians &
Associates, appellees.
White
& Allen, P.A., by Thomas J. White, III; and The Bricio Law Firm, by
Francisco J. Bricio, for White Law Offices, P.A., and Massengill & Bricio,
P.L.L.C., appellees.
Morris
York Williams Surles & Barringer, L.L.P., by John F. Morris and Keith B.
Nichols, for defendant- appellants.
Ott
Cone & Redpath, P.A., by Melanie M. Hamilton and Wendell H. Ott, on behalf
of amici curiae health care providers.
Nelson
Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., by Joseph W. Eason, on behalf of the
North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association, amicus curiae.
PER
CURIAM.
DISCRETIONARY
REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.