JENKINS v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 387A99.

524 S.E.2d 805 (2000)

Michael JENKINS, Employee, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Employer, Self-Insured Constitution State Service Company, Servicing Agent.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Edward Jennings, by Griffis C. Shuler and Edward Jennings, Taylorsville, for plaintiff-appellant and -appellee.

Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by Mel J. Garofalo, Shelley W. Coleman, and Colleen M. Crowley, Charlotte, for defendant-appellants and -appellees.

Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by Jeri L. Whitfield, Greensboro, on behalf of the North Carolina Association of Self-Insurers, amicus curiae.

The Jernigan Law Firm, by N. Victor Farah, Raleigh, on behalf of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


PER CURIAM.

As to the issue on direct appeal, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Wynn, J. Further, we conclude the petition for discretionary review as to the additional issues was improvidently allowed.

REVERSED IN PART; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED...

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