In Re Redmond Ex Rel. Nichols

JACKSON, Justice.

In this case we consider whether the North Carolina Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to consider claimant’s constitutional challenge to an act of the General Assembly on appeal from a final decision and order of the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Because we conclude that the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to reach the merits of claimant’s constitutional challenge, we reverse the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of claimant’s appeal and remand this case to that court to consider the merits of claimant’s constitutional challenge.

In 1956 claimant Kay Frances Redmond was…