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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 377A05

FILED: 16 DECEMBER 2005

REBECCA S. TAYLOR, Employee

v.

CAROLINA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., Employer,

THE HARTFORD, 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. ___, 613 S.E.2d 510 (2005), affirming an Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission entered 2 April 2004. Heard in the Supreme Court 12 December 2005.

Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC, by E. Stewart Poisson and Fred D. Poisson, Jr., for plaintiff-appellee.

Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P., by Jaye E. Bingham and Erin F. Taylor, for defendant-appellants.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.