North Carolina Department of Correction v. Harding

WYNN, Judge.

This is the third appeal to the appellate division involving this case. In Harding I, this Court affirmed the review of the Superior Court which had rejected the State Personnel Commission’s review and upheld the Administrative Law Judge’s (AU) recommendation that Janice Harding be reinstated to her position with the North Carolina Department of Correction (DOC) with back pay. No amount of back pay was specified at that time. Harding v. N.C. Dep’t. of Correction, 106 N.C. App. 350, 416 S.E.2d 587, disc. rev. denied, 332 N.C. 147, 419 S.E.2d 567 (1992).

Afterwards the parties were…