Case Name: KERRY WATTS v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2008-03-27
Citations: 362 N.C. 349
Docket Number: No. 191A07
Parties: KERRY WATTS v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Judges: Newby, J. For the Court
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 362
Pages: 349–349

Head Matter:
KERRY WATTS v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
No. 191A07

Opinion:
ORDER
Having reviewed the briefs and heard oral arguments on defendant's appeal on 17 March 2008, the Court ex mero motu withdraws its previous order, dated 11 October 2007, denying plaintiff's petition for discretionary review, and allows plaintiff's petition for discretionary review for the limited purpose of ordering briefing on the questions of (i) defendant's preservation for appellate review of the issue of the public duty doctrine and (ii) the implication, if any, of the Industrial Commission's finding of fact number nine on the application of the public duty doctrine.
Plaintiff shall have thirty (30) days from the date of this order to file and serve his brief, and defendant shall have thirty (30) days from the service of plaintiff's brief to file and serve its brief.
The Court will render its decision without further oral argument.
By Order of the Court in Conference this 27th day of March, 2008.
Newby, J. For the Court