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WETHERINGTON v. NC DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. COA18-1018.

840 S.E.2d 812 (2020)

Thomas C. WETHERINGTON, Petitioner, v. NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, NC Highway Patrol, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: February 18, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The McGuinness Law Firm, Elizabethtown, by J. Michael McGuinness ; Law Offices of Michael C. Byrne, by Michael C. Byrne , for petitioner-appellant.

Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Special Deputy Attorney General Tammera S. Hill , for respondent-appellee.

Milliken Law, by Megan A. Milliken , for Southern States Police Benevolent Association and North Carolina Police Benevolent Association, amici curiae.

Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP, by Larry H. James and Christopher R. Green , for National Fraternal Order of Police; Essex Richards, P.A., Charlotte, by Norris A. Adams, II , for North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police, amici curiae.

Edelstein & Payne, Raleigh, by M. Travis Payne , for the Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina, amicus curiae.

Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte, by John W. Gresham , for the National Association of Police Organizations, amicus curiae.

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