IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

Filed: 10 MAY 1996

TIMOTHY S. PHILLIPS,

Employee,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

U.S. AIR, INCORPORATED,

Employer,

THE KEMPER GROUP,

Carrier,

Defendant-Appellees.

No. 527A95 - Industrial Commission

Appeal by plaintiff pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 120 N.C. App. 538, 463 S.E.2d 259 (1995), affirming an opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission, filed 7 July 1994. Heard in the Supreme Court 10 April 1996.

C. Murphy Archibald for plaintiff-appellant.

Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P., by Samuel H. Poole, Jr., for defendant-appellees.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.