Opinion
No. 183PA96
Filed 10 February 1997
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 122 N.C. App. 83, 468 S.E.2d 536 (1996), reversing and remanding an opinion and award of the Industrial Commission, filed 3 November 1994, which denied additional compensation based on a change of condition. Heard in the Supreme Court 11 December 1996.
Law Offices of Kathleen G. Sumner, by Kathleen G. Sumner; and Elizabeth F. Kuniholm for plaintiff-appellee.
Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Elisha H. Bunting, Jr., Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.
Teague, Campbell, Dennis Gorham, L.L.P., by Linda Stephens and Gregory M. Willis, on behalf of North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.
Brooks, Stevens Pope, P.A., by Daniel C. Pope, Jr., and Patricia Wilson Medynski, on behalf of Alexsis Risk Management Services, Inc., and GAB Robins of North America, Inc., amici curiae.
Young Moore and Henderson P.A., by B.T. Henderson II, J. Aldean Webster III, and J.D. Prather, on behalf of National Association of Independent Insurers, amicus curiae.
Kathleen Shannon Glancy, Chair, NCATL Worker's Comp. Committee; Robin E. Hudson, Chair, NCATL Workers' Rights Section; Elizabeth F. Kuniholm, NCATL Vice-President; and Pulley, Watson, King Lischer, by Tracy K. Lischer, on behalf of North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, amici curiae.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.