Appellate Court Opinions

Second-degree murder; sufficiency of evidence; double inference rule

Minor child; sufficiency of evidence of grounds to terminate parental rights

State Personnel Comm'n; subject matter jurisdiction over state employee's race discrimination claim

Workers' Compensation; applicability of N.C.G.S. § 97-47 & Parsons presumption to Form 60 filings in which the employer admits an employee's right to compensation

Workers' Compensation; carpal tunnel syndrome; proof of disability under Russell v. Lowes Prod. Distrib'n

Automobile wreck; N.C.G.S. § 20-279.21(b)(4); amount of UIM coverage when insured did not have chance to reject coverage or select different coverage limits

Midyear income tax increase applicable to entire tax year; constitutionality under Art. I, Sec. 16 of N.C.

Domestic violence protective orders; equitable distribution; property included in marital estate

N.C.G.S. § 108A-57(a); extent of DMA's subrogation right when only part of a settlement is for medical expenses caused by the settling tortfeasor

Application of Blakely v. Washington and State v. Allen to defendant sentenced in the presumptive range

Customer's fall on defendant's premises; negligence; should directed verdict have been set aside & new trial ordered?

Minor child; neglect finding, followed by later custody award; mootness of appeal from earlier order

Termination of parental rights proceedings; failures to meet statutory time limits; prejudicial effect

Termination of parental rights proceedings; failures to meet statutory time limits; prejudicial effect; grounds to terminate under N.C.G.S. § 7B-111(a)

Workers' Compensation; conflicting medical testimony; failure to address estoppel argument; whether that issue was preserved for appellate review

Negligence; third-party complaint against the State; proper forum; public duty doctrine; failure to allege waiver of sovereign immunity