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      "PAUL E. SPRINKLE and CARLA JONES (now SPRINKLE), Plaintiffs v. NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION, Defendant"
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        "text": "McCullough, Judge.\nThe issues addressed herein are before this Court in the following posture: The claim at issue in this case was brought by Paul Sprinkle and his wife Carla Jones (\u201cplaintiffs\u201d when referred to collectively) under the North Carolina Tort Claims Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7\u00a7 143-291, et seq. (2003). The case was heard before Deputy Commissioner Lorrie L. Dollar of the Industrial Commission on 6 September 2001. Commissioner Dollar filed a decision and order on 10 May 2002 finding the State liable and awarding plaintiffs $31,007.08 in damages. On 7 January 2003, the Full Commission filed a decision and award affirming the decision of the Deputy Commissioner and additionally awarding attorney\u2019s fees. The State filed a notice of appeal on 10 February 2003. The issues on appeal in that case are disposed in Sprinkle v. N. C. Wildlife Resources Comm., 165 N.C. App. 721, 600 S.E.2d 473 (2004) (No. COA03-797), filed the same day as this case. The Full Commission filed an amended decision and order on 12 June 2003 denying plaintiffs\u2019 motion for attorney\u2019s fees. On 7 July 2003, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the amended decision of the Industrial Commission denying plaintiffs\u2019 attorney\u2019s fees.\nAn appeal to this Court divests the Industrial Commission of jurisdiction to issue opinions and awards. N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 1-294 (2003); Andrews v. Fulcher Tire Sales and Service, 120 N.C. App. 602, 606-07, 463 S.E.2d 425, 428 (1995). Though an appeal is not perfected until docketed in this Court, perfection relates back to the time that notice of appeal is given. Woodard v. Local Governmental Employees\u2019 Retirement Sys., 110 N.C. App. 83, 87, 428 S.E.2d 849, 851 (1993).\nIn the instant case, the Commission filed a decision and award on 7 January 2003. The State gave notice of appeal of that decision and award, which was received by the Commission on 10 February 2003. At that point, the Commission was divested of jurisdiction in the matter. Nevertheless, on 12 June 2003, the Commission filed an amended award even though the appeal of the first order was still pending. Therefore, the amended decision was issued without jurisdiction, and is hereby vacated.\nThe Commission\u2019s amended decision and award filed 12 June 2003 is hereby vacated.\nJudges WYNN and ELMORE concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein L.L.P, by R. Bruce Thompson II, for plaintiff appellants.",
      "Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General William H. Borden, for the State appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "PAUL E. SPRINKLE and CARLA JONES (now SPRINKLE), Plaintiffs v. NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION, Defendant\nNo. COA03-1409\n(Filed 17 August 2004)\nAppeal and Error\u2014 jurisdiction below after notice of appeal\u2014 amended order\nThe Industrial Commission did not have jurisdiction to rule on attorney fees for plaintiff in an amended order filed after the State gave notice of appeal from the original Tort Claims order. An appeal to the Court of Appeals divests the Industrial Commission of jurisdiction to issue opinions and awards; even though an appeal is not perfected until docketed in the Court of Appeals, perfection relates back to the notice of appeal.\nAppeal by plaintiffs from decision and order on 12 June 2003 by the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Heard in the Court of Appeals 17 March 2004.\nParker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein L.L.P, by R. Bruce Thompson II, for plaintiff appellants.\nAttorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General William H. Borden, for the State appellee."
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