IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 588a04
FILED: 7 APRIL 2005
JOHN ALEXANDER, Employee
v.
WAL-MART STORES, INC., Employer,
AMERICAN HOME
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 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. ___, 603 S.E.2d 552 (2004), reversing in part an opinion and award entered by the North Carolina Industrial Commission on 24 March 2003 and remanding to the Commission. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 March 2005.
Brumbaugh, Mu
& King, P.A., by Nicole D. Wray and Charles R. Hassell Jr. for
plaintiff-appellant.
Young Moore and
Henderson P.A., by Zachary C. Bolen and Dawn Dillon Raynor, for
defendant-appellees.
Kathleen
Shannon Glancy, Counsel for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus
curiae.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, we reverse
the decision of the Court of Appeals.
REVERSED.