SALAAM v. N.C. DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION

Law Offices of Kathleen G. Sumner, by Kathleen G. Sumner; and Elizabeth F. Kuniholm for plaintiff-appellee. Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Elisha H. Bunting, Jr., Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State. Teague, Campbell, Dennis Gorham, L.L.P., by Linda Stephens and Gregory M. Willis, on behalf of North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae. Brooks, Stevens Pope, P.A., by Daniel C. Pope, Jr., and Patricia Wilson Medynski, on behalf of Alexsis Risk Management Services, Inc., and GAB Robins of North America, Inc., amici curiae. Young Moore and Henderson P.A., by B.T. Henderson II, J. Aldean Webster III, and J.D. Prather, on behalf of National Association of Independent Insurers, amicus curiae. Kathleen Shannon Glancy, Chair, NCATL Worker's Comp. Committee; Robin E. Hudson, Chair, NCATL Workers' Rights Section; Elizabeth F. Kuniholm, NCATL Vice-President; and Pulley, Watson, King Lischer, by Tracy K. Lischer, on behalf of North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, amici curiae.