Alston v. Federal Express Corp.

CALABRIA, Judge.

Federal Express Corp. (“FedEx”) and Sedgwick CMS (collectively “defendants”) appeal from an amended order entered 17 July 2008, setting the amount of defendants’ workers’ compensation lien pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.2(j) (2007). We vacate in part, reverse in part, and remand for further findings.

I. Procedural History

Shonda Alston (“plaintiff’) was working as a courier for FedEx when she was involved in an automobile collision in Durham County on 24 November 2004. The driver of the other automobile, an employee with the North Carolina Department of Transportation…