#### DEBORAH PHARR CULPEPPER, Employee v. FAIRFIELD SAPPHIRE VALLEY, Employer, and AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Carrier

No. 194A89

(Filed 7 December 1989)

APPEAL by defendants pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 93 N.C. App. 242, 377 S.E.2d 777 (1989), reversing an opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission filed 17 December 1987, denying plaintiff’s workers’ compensation claim. Defendants’ petition for writ of certiorari was allowed by the Supreme Court 13 November 1989. Heard in the Supreme Court 13 November 1989.

*703 Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein, Gage & Preston, by Max E. Justice and William L. Brown; and Ball, Kelley, Barden & Arrowood, P.A., by Phillip G. Kelley, for plaintiff-appellee.

Russell & King, P.A., by J. William Russell and Sandra M. King, for defendant-appellants.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.