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MATTHEWS v. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

No. COA06-1549.

653 S.E.2d 557 (2007)

Karen MATTHEWS, Employee, Plaintiff-Appellee v. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Employer, Self-Insured, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Geraghty Law Firm, by Maureen Geraghty, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Phillip J. Mohr, Winston-Salem, for defendant.

ELMORE, Judge.

Karen Matthews (plaintiff) worked as a buyer's assistant for Wake Forest University (defendant). Plaintiff suffered from depression, starting in the 1980s. She had particular difficulty following her parents' deaths in the 1980s and a burglary of her home in 1998. On 30 June 1999, plaintiff suffered a compensable injury when she tripped over a planter and injured her right knee, left wrist, and right foot. She received treatment and did not miss any...

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