ORDER

The Court allows plaintiffs petition for discretionary review for the limited purpose of remanding to the Court of Appeals for reconsideration in light of N.C.G.S. § 97-86, Adams v. AVX Corp., 349 N.C. 676, 680, 509 S.E.2d. 411, 413 (1998) and Deese v. Champion Int'l Corp., 352 N.C. 109, 115, 530 S.E.2d 549, 553 (2000).

By order of the Court in Conference, this the 10th day of December, 2009.

For the Court