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BLACKWELL v. DEP'T OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

No. COA20-829.

870 S.E.2d 612 (2022)

2022-NCCOA-123

Carmela BLACKWELL, Employee, Plaintiff, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION/BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS, Employer, Self-Insured (Sedgwick CMS, Administrator), Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed March 1, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Ramer , Asheville, for the Plaintiff.

Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Special Deputy Attorney General Patrick S. Wooten , for the State.

¶ 1 This case concerns an injured employee seeking to convert her workers' compensation disability award of periodic payments to a lump-sum award.

I. Background

¶ 2 Plaintiff is a former high school teacher who was injured while on the job breaking up a fight. She was diagnosed with numerous physical and...

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