Felton v. Hospital Guild of Thomasville, Inc., 307 N.C. 121 (1982)

Nov. 3, 1982 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · No. 325A82
307 N.C. 121
ELLEN D. FELTON, Employee, Plaintiff v. HOSPITAL GUILD OF THOMASVILLE, INC., EMPLOYER; PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Carrier, Defendants

ELLEN D. FELTON, Employee, Plaintiff v. HOSPITAL GUILD OF THOMASVILLE, INC., EMPLOYER; PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Carrier, Defendants

No. 325A82

(Filed 3 November 1982)

Appeal and Error § 64— equally divided court — opinion of Court of Appeals affirmed — no precedent

Where one member of the Supreme Court did not participate in the consideration or decision of a case and the remaining six Justices are equally divided, the opinion of the Court of Appeals is affirmed without precedential value.

Justice Martin took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

APPEAL as of right pursuant to G.S. § 7A-30(2) from a decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 57 N.C. App. 33, 291 S.E. 2d 158 (1982), which reversed an Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission denying compensation to the claimant, Ellen D. Felton, and remanded the cause for entry of an appropriate award.

Henson and Henson, by Perry C. Henson and J. Victor Bowman, Attorneys for defendant-appellants.

Boyan and Nix, by Robert S. Boyan and Clarence C. Boyan, Attorneys for plaintiff-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The facts are adequately stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals. Judge (now Justice) Harry C. Martin having participated in the consideration and decision of this case while a member of the Court of Appeals and therefore not participating in this Court’s consideration and decision of the appeal, and the members *122of this Court being equally divided, with three members voting to affirm, and three members voting to reverse, the decision of the Court of Appeals is left undisturbed as the law of the case but stands without precedential value. Greenhill v. Crabtree, 301 N.C. 520, 271 S.E. 2d 908 (1980); Wayfaring Home Inc. v. Ward, 301 N.C. 518, 272 S.E. 2d 121 (1980); Shields v. Bobby Murray Chevrolet, Inc., 300 N.C. 366, 266 S.E. 2d 658 (1980), reh. den. 301 N.C. 107; Bank v. Morgan, 299 N.C. 541, 263 S.E. 2d 576 (1980); Starr v. Clapp, 298 N.C. 275, 258 S.E. 2d 348 (1979); Mortgage Co. v. Real Estate, Inc., 297 N.C. 696, 256 S.E. 2d 688 (1979); 1 N.C. Index 3d, Appeal and Error, § 64.

Affirmed.

Justice MARTIN took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.