For the reasons stated in In re Redmond, _ N.C. _, _ S.E.2d _(Mar. 17, 2017) (No. 86A16), the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and this case is remanded to the Court of Appeals.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
In re Hughes ex rel. Ingram, 369 N.C. 489 (2017)
March 17, 2017
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Supreme Court of North Carolina
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No. 87A16
369 N.C. 489
IN THE MATTER OF MARY LUCILLE HUGHES, by and through VIRGINIA HUGHES INGRAM, Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Lucille Hughes, Claim for Compensation Under the North Carolina Eugenics Asexualization and Sterilization Compensation Program
No. 87A16
Filed 17 March 2017
Appeal pursuantto N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of adivided panel of the Court of Appeals,_N.C. App._, 785 S.E.2d 111 (2016), dismissing an appeal from an amended decision and order filed on 28 April 2015 by the North Carolina Industrial Commission and remanding the matter to the Commission for transfer to the Superior Court, Wake County, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 1-267. l(al). On 9 June 2016, the Supreme Court allowed the State’s petition for discretionary review of additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court on 13 February 2017.
UNC Center for Civil Rights, by Elizabeth Haddix and Mark Dorosin; andPressly, Thomas & Conley, PA, by Edwin A. Pressly, for claimant-appellant/appellee.
JoshuaH. Stein, Attorney General, by Elizabeth A. Fisher, Assistant Solicitor General, and Amar Majmundar, Special Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-appellant/appellee State of North Carolina.