Hassell v. Onslow County Board of Education

Under appropriate circumstances, work-related depression or other mental illness may be a compensable occupational disease. See Jordan v. Central PiedmontComm. College, 124 N.C.App. 112, 476 S.E.2d 410 (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. SeeWoody v. Thomasville Upholstery, Inc., 355 N.C. 483,562 S.E.2d 422 (2002) (adopting dissent in146 N.C.App. 187, 202, 552 S.E.2d 202, 211 (2001)); and Lewis v. Duke University, 163 N.C. App. 408,594 S.E.2d 100 (2004). Thus, the claimant…