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  "name": "JOHN ALEXANDER, Employee v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Employer, AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Carrier",
  "name_abbreviation": "Alexander v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.",
  "decision_date": "2005-04-07",
  "docket_number": "No. 588A04",
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
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      "cite": "603 S.E.2d 552",
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      "year": 2004,
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    "judges": [],
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      "JOHN ALEXANDER, Employee v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Employer, AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Carrier"
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.\nREVERSED.",
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        "author": "PER CURIAM."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Brumbaugh, Mu & King, P.A., by Nicole D. Wray and Charles R. Hassell Jr. for plaintiff-appellant.",
      "Young Moore and Henderson P.A., by Zachary C. Bolen and Dawn Dillon Raynor, for defendant-appellees.",
      "Kathleen Shannon Glancy, Counsel for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "JOHN ALEXANDER, Employee v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Employer, AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Carrier\nNo. 588A04\n(Filed 7 April 2005)\nWorkers\u2019 Compensation\u2014 ruptured disc \u2014 causal relation to workplace accident\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals in this workers\u2019 compensation case is reversed for the reason stated in the dissenting opinion that competent medical evidence supported the Industrial Commission\u2019s finding that plaintiff\u2019s ruptured disc was caused by his workplace accident when a forklift ran over his left foot.\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 166 N.C. App. -, 603 S.E.2d 552 (2004), reversing in part an opinion and award entered by the North Carolina Industrial Commission on 24 March 2003 and remanding to the Commission. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 March 2005.\nBrumbaugh, Mu & King, P.A., by Nicole D. Wray and Charles R. Hassell Jr. for plaintiff-appellant.\nYoung Moore and Henderson P.A., by Zachary C. Bolen and Dawn Dillon Raynor, for defendant-appellees.\nKathleen Shannon Glancy, Counsel for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae."
  },
  "file_name": "0403-01",
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  "last_page_order": 441
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