WILKES v. CITY OF GREENVILLE

No. 368PA15.

799 S.E.2d 838 (2017)

Johnnie WILKES, Employee v. CITY OF GREENVILLE, Employer, Self-Insured. (PMA Management Group, Third-Party Administrator).

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed June 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunt Law Firm, PLLC, Durham, by Anita B. Hunt ; and Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill , by Narendra K. Ghosh , for plaintiff-appellee.

Brooks, Stevens & Pope, P.A., Cary, by Matthew P. Blake , for defendant-appellant.

Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC, by E. Stewart Poisson ; and Sumwalt Law Firm, Charlotte, by Vernon Sumwalt , for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.

Young Moore and Henderson, P.A., Raleigh, Angela by Angela Farag Craddock ; and Hedrick, Gardner, Kincheloe & Garofalo, L.L.P., Charlotte, by M. Duane Jones , for North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, North Carolina Chamber, North Carolina Retail Merchants Association, North Carolina Home Builders Association, Employers Coalition of North Carolina, Property Casualty Insurers of America, and American Insurance Association, amici curiae.

Lewis & Roberts, PLLC, by J. William Crone and J. Timothy Wilson , for all amici; Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, LLP, by Bruce Hamilton , for North Carolina Association of Self-Insurers, and by Tracey Jones, for North Carolina Association of County Commissioners; Allison B. Schafer , Legal Counsel, and Christine T. Scheef , Staff Attorney, for N.C. School, Boards Association; and Kimberly S. Hibbard , General Counsel, for N.C. League of Municipalities, amici curiae.

Law Offices of Kathleen G. Sumner, Greensboro, by Kathleen G. Sumner ; and Law Office of David P. Stewart, by David P. Stewart , for Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group, amicus curiae.


Plaintiff Johnnie Wilkes appealed the opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission concluding that: (1) plaintiff failed to meet his burden of establishing that his anxiety and depression were a result of his work-related accident; and (2) plaintiff was not entitled to disability payments made after 18 January 2011...

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