Lewis v. Duke University

Under appropriate circumstances, work-related depression or other mental illness may be a compensable occupational disease. Pitillo v.N.C. Dept. of Envtl. Health and Natural Resources, 566 S.E.2d 807, 813 (2002) (citing to Jordan v. Central Piedmont Comm. College,124 N.C. App. 112, 476 S.E.2d 410 (1996); Baker v. City of Stanford,120 N.C. App. 783, 463 S.E.2d 559 (1995), disc. review denied,342 N.C. 651, 467 S.E.2d 703 (1996)). However, the claimant must prove that the mental illness or injury was due to stresses or conditions different from those borne by the general public. Id. (citing to…