Appellate Court Opinions

Medical malpractice; alleged sexual assault by M.D.; denial of plantiff's Rule 59 motion for new trial on damages; ratification of negligence by medical clinic

Review of recommendation for judicial censure

Appeal from termination of parental rights; whether N.C. R. App. P. 3A permits parent's GAL to sign a notice of appeal on the parent's behalf

Rule 60(b) motion to set aside divorce judgment on grounds trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant; conflicting evidence whether defendant signed his purported answer to divorce complaint

Whether a prenuptial agreement waived all rights to equitable distribution or was simply a fair trader agreement

Standing to challenge constitutionality of driver's license checkpoint

First-degree burglary; sufficiency of evidence of defendant as the perpetrator of the crime of first-degree burglary

Tort Claims Act; negligent issuance of improvement permit following faulty soil test; public duty doctrine/special duty exception

Workers' Compensation; sufficiency of medical evidence on causation

Adjudicatory and dispositional order awarding child's custody to father; trial court's failure to meet time limit and hearing requirements of N.C.G.S. § 7B-807(b); proper remedy is mandamus

Workers' Compensation; whether employer contributions to employee pension and 401(k) account should be included when calculating plaintiff's average weekly wage under N.C.G.S. § 97-2(5)

Failure by tomacco manufacturer to make required payments into State-qualified escrow fund; Rules 12(b)(6) dimissal of claims against company owner based on relation-back doctrine and civil conspiracy

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Alleged traffic violation; reasonable suspicion to stop vehicle; motion to suppress evidence seized in subsequent search

Unemployment insurance eligibility; disqualification due to discharge for alleged misconduct; standard of judicial review of Employment Sec. Comm'n decision denying benefits

Workers' Compensation; whether school teacher's generalized anxiety disorder is a compensable occupational disease

Appeal to Property Tax Comm'n from assessment of unpaid back taxes plus interest on a residence; immaterial irregularities under N.C.G.S. § 105-394

Terminationof parentalrights; whether service of process was ineffective, thereby depriving trial court of subject matter jurisdiction