Action on a judgment; renewal judgment; clerk's jurisdiction to enter default judgment; sum certain jurisdiction; applicability of the Consumer Economic Protection Act; affirmative defense of usury.

Constitutionality of local law concerning traffic cameras; prohibition on local laws relating to health, sanitation and the abatement of nuisances; distinction between material connection and tangential or incidental connection to health

Attorneys' fees; trial court authority to award fees under N.C. Gen. Stat. 6-19.1 in judicial review proceeding challenging agency decision under N.C. Gen. Stat. 113A-121.1; substantial justification for agency decision; sufficiency of findings of fact

worker's compensation, lump-sum award, weekly benefits, injury, uncommuted value, mortality table, unusual case

special use permit, zoning, halfway house, city council, denial, Standard 7, allows for the protection of property values, competent, material, substantial

discovery sanctions, Rule 37(b)(2), final judgment, mootness, choice of sanctions

child custody, contempt, attorney's fees, consent order, substantial change of circumstances, welfare

Motion to dismiss; statute of limitations; and continuing course of treatment doctrine

Rule 60(b)(6); Modifying Consent Order; Mutual Mistake

denial of visitation; challenged findings of fact; testimony at disposition

Involuntary Commitment; Sufficiency of Findings; Impartial Tribunal

Adoptions NCGS Chapter 48; parental rights; biological father; Due Process; duty to support

Will Caveat; Declaratory Judgment; Mootness

interlocutory appeal; substantial right; arbitration

Interlocutory appeal; substantial right; discovery order; reconsideration order

Stipulations for settlement and withdrawal of consent.

declaratory judgment; will interpretation; former spouse; decedent's siblings; North Carolina General Statutes Sections 31-5.4, 31-42(b); testator's intent; unfulfilled condition precedent; residuary devise; intestacy; reversed

legal malpractice; motion to dismiss; statute of limitations; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-15(c).