Appellate Court Opinions

Whether child's bruising from corporatl punishment is sufficient evidence of parental abuse and neglect as defined in N.C.G.S. § 7B-101

Whether grounds existed to terminate parental rights based on neglect

Crime against nature law; statutory construction; application to minors less than three years apart in age

Statutory construction; whether Loan Broker Act applies to corporate borrowers

Guilty plea; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1022(c); whether defendant established fair and just reason to withdraw his plea

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Argument/assignment of error dismissed on appeal for violation of N.C. R. App. P. 10(c)(1)

On reconsideration; judicial determination of aggravating factors; Washington v. Recuenco

Prospective juror with close ties to law enforcement; denial of defendant's challenge for cause; whether trial court abused its discretion

Whether adjacent property owner has standing to contest zoning decision; case dismissed on appeal for violation of N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure

Retired local law enforcement officer's special separation allowance; whether allowance terminates upon officer's reemployment with another unit participating in same retirement system; whether officer had vested contractual right to continued payment of allowance

Certificate of need; Dep't's decision not to correct erroneous need determination in State Medical Facilities Plan; whether sovereign immunity bars consideration of complaint seeking injunctive relief, declaratory judgment, and writ of mandamus

Whether public hospital's contract to purchase a private medical practice is a public record

Whether guardian ad litem should have been appointed for mother during proceedings to terminate her parental rights

Dispositional order finding neglect; failure to meet statutory time limit to enter order; prejudicial effect

Scope of trial court's de novo review of county commissioners' order closing roads to public

Whether domestic violence protection order contained sufficient findings of fact to support a conclusion that defendant violated N.C.G.S. § 50B-1(a)(2)

Legal malpractice claim against attorney who allegedly mishandled plaintiffs' previous medical malpractice claim; whether Rule 9(j) applies to the legal malpractice claim