Timmons v. North Carolina Department of Transportation

LEWIS, Judge.

The Supreme Court ordered that we reconsider our decision of 15 September 1998 in Timmons v. North Carolina Dep’t of Transp., 130 N.C. App. 745, 504 S.E.2d 567 (1998) (Timmons II), in light of its holding in Adams v. AVX Corp., 349 N.C. 676, 509 S.E.2d 411 (1998). We have reconsidered the issues presented, and we affirm our prior decision.

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