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  "name": "ESTATE OF RANDY BENNETT FREEMAN, Employee, DEBORAH LYNN FREEMAN, Fiduciary v. J.L. ROTHROCK, INC., Employer, NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY, Carrier, AEQUICAP CLAIMS SERVICES, INC. (formerly CLAIMS CONTROL, INC.), Administrator",
  "name_abbreviation": "Estate of Freeman v. J.L. Rothrock, Inc.",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "ESTATE OF RANDY BENNETT FREEMAN, Employee, DEBORAH LYNN FREEMAN, Fiduciary v. J.L. ROTHROCK, INC., Employer, NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY, Carrier, AEQUICAP CLAIMS SERVICES, INC. (formerly CLAIMS CONTROL, INC.), Administrator"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for consideration of the remaining assignments of error. Discretionary review was improvidently allowed as to the additional issues.\nREVERSED AND REMANDED; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Jay Gervasi, P.A., by Jay A. Gervasi, Jr., for plaintiff-appellant.",
      "Brooks, Stevens & Pope, P.A., by Joy H. Brewer and Ginny P. Lanier, for defendant-appellees."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "ESTATE OF RANDY BENNETT FREEMAN, Employee, DEBORAH LYNN FREEMAN, Fiduciary v. J.L. ROTHROCK, INC., Employer, NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY, Carrier, AEQUICAP CLAIMS SERVICES, INC. (formerly CLAIMS CONTROL, INC.), Administrator\nNo. 163A08\n(Filed 1 May 2009)\nWorkers\u2019 Compensation\u2014 employee misrepresentation at hiring \u2014 adoption of Larson test \u2014 judicial legislation\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals in this case that an employee was barred from receiving workers\u2019 compensation benefits for his injury because of misrepresentations at the time of his hiring is reversed for the reason stated in the dissenting opinion that the adoption of the Larson test by the majority opinion in the Court of Appeals constitutes impermissible judicial legislation.\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 189 N.C. App. 31, 657 S.E.2d 389 (2008), reversing an opinion and award filed 9 November 2006 by the North Carolina Industrial Commission. On 11 June 2008, the Supreme Court allowed plaintiff\u2019s petition for discretionary review of additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 December 2008.\nJay Gervasi, P.A., by Jay A. Gervasi, Jr., for plaintiff-appellant.\nBrooks, Stevens & Pope, P.A., by Joy H. Brewer and Ginny P. Lanier, for defendant-appellees."
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