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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 611A03

FILED: 7 OCTOBER 2004

GLENN R. CARROLL, Employee

v.

TOWN OF AYDEN, Employer,

SELF-INSURED (N.C. LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES, Servicing Agent)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. §7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 160 N.C. App. 637, 586 S.E.2d 822 (2003), affirming an opinion and award entered by the North Carolina Industrial Commission on 17 July 2002. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 September 2004.

Stanley Law Firm, by Wade A. Stanley, for plaintiff- appellant.

Lewis & Roberts, P.L.L.C., by Jack S. Holmes and Bryant D. Paris, III, for defendant-appellees.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.