Woody v. Thomasville Upholstery Inc.

562 S.E.2d 422 (2002)

355 N.C. 483

Beatrice WOODY, Employee

v.

THOMASVILLE UPHOLSTERY INCORPORATED, Employer,

Self-Insured (Helsman-Management Services, Inc., Servicing Agent).

No. 596A01.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 10, 2002.

Mary F. Pyron, Hickory, for plaintiff-appellee.

Morris York Williams Surles & Barringer, LLP by Thomas E. Williams and Stephen Kushner, Charlotte; and Orbock Bowden Ruark & Dillard by Maureen S. Orbock and Devin F. Thomas, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.

For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.

REVERSED.