Appellate Court Opinions

Dependent children; permanency planning review; whether high cost of implementing reunification can support an order to cease reunification efforts; whether guardian ad litem should have been appointed for the mother; prejudicial effect of failure to meet statutory time limit to enter order

Termination of parental rights hearing; failure to meet statutory time limit; whether sufficient prejudice was shown

Relevance of plaintiff's ownership of a condo to alimony determination under N.C.G.S. § 50-16.1A(2) and Williams v. Williams

Whether trial court's discovery sanction excluding defendant's use of a mental health defense constituted an abuse of discretion under N.C.G.S. § 15A-910

Whether State's amendment to indictments during trial changing the designation of the statute violated was error under N.C.G.S. § 15A-923(e)

Application of Evidence Rules 611(b) & 403 to cross-examination testimony from prosecuting witness regarding her mental state

Application of Medley v. Dep't of Corr. to criminal charges brought under N.C.G.S. § 14-27.7(a) against employee of an entity under contract to provide health care services to county jail inmates

Tort Claims Act; duty of care to patient who was involuntarily committed; applicability of contributory negligence defense

Consumer loan transaction requiring purchase of single premium credit insurance; whether arbitration clause in loan contract is unconscionable

Interpretation of contract provisions regarding use of name CB&H, summary judgment

Class action alleging unconstitutionality of state income tax on certain out-of-state interest earnings; challenge to order certifying the class; whether plaintiff taxpayers complied with N.C.G.S. § 105-267

Workers' Compensation; Equitable Estoppel; time limit for filing claims (N.C.G.S. § 97-24); whether competent medical evidence supported Comm'n's findings that plaintiff sustained a compensable injury

Juvenile petitions alleging neglect and dependency; whether parents' substance abuse records are relevant and thus admissible at adjudication hearing

Review of recommendation for judicial censure

Termination of parental rights; N.C.G.S. § 50A-203; whether N.C. court had jurisdiction over juvenile who was subject of previous custody order in antoher state

Workers' Compensation; conflicting evidence from employer concerning plaintiff's average weekly wage; whether competent evidence supported Ind. Comm'n's findings and conclusions

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence of serious injury to support defendant's conviction for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury

Attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon; whether sufficient evidence of intent and an overt act existed to survive defendant's motion to dismiss

First-degree murder (capital/death)