Negligence, duty of care, negligent misrepresentation

declaratory judgment, insurance coverage

Sex offender registration; substantive due process; ex post facto law; Adam Walsh Act; removal from registry; NCGS 14-208.12A

Unpreserved Grady issue; untimely appeal; petition for a writ of certiorari

N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 15A-544.5 - reasons for setting aside bond forfeiture

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Fourth Amendment, Search and Seizure, Remedies, Sexual Offenses, Indecent Liberties, Sentencing, Satellite-Based Monitoring

N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 544.5(f) - bail bond forfeiture - actual notice of defendant's prior failures to appear

N.C.G.S. Sec. 15A-544.5 - motions to set aside bond forgeiture; reduction of bond amount not permitted

Corpus Delicti; Probable Cause.

Motion to supress; informant's tips; reasonable suspicion

Abuse of discretion; Reversal of motion to set aside entry of default; Showing of good cause

Service of Process; Due Diligence; Publication; Foreclosure

Whether defendants were entitled to summary judgment in their favor on real estate agent's claim that defendants wrongfully deprived her of a commission on the sale of their house by breaching their duty of good faith and fair dealing to the agent.

Appeal from trial court's grant of defendant's Rule 60 motion to set aside a modified voluntary child support agreement and order; whether the trial court that entered the modified agreement and order lacked jurisdiction to do so because the party seeking the modification did not follow the procedures in N.C.G.S. 50-13.7(a).

Condemnation proceeding filed under Article 9 of Chapter 136 to take defendant's leasehold interest in property for highway improvement purposes; whether, because defendant had a nonconforming billboard on the property under a long-term lease, the value of the property interest taken from defendant should have been determined under N.C.G.S. 136-131, defining 'just compensation' for a condemnation proceeding under the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, rather than under Article 9, governing DOT condemnation actions in general; whether certain evidence is admissible to help the trier of fact determine the fair market value of the condemned leasehold.

Appeal from a Court of Appeals decision reversing a trial court order affirming an assistant clerk of court's order removing respondent as trustee of his incompetent wife's special needs trust and as guardian of her estate; whether the order affirmed by the trial court contained erroneous findings of fact and conclusions of law; whether the Court of Appeals majority gave appropriate deference to the clerk's discretionary decision to remove respondent.

Whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusion of law that respondent father's parental rights should be terminated under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).

Whether the trial court committed plain error by admitting expert testimony vouching for the credibility of the victim-witness in a trial for first-degree sexual offense with a child under the age of thirteen, crime against nature, and indecent liberties with a child.

Appeal from trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence found during a traffic stop; whether police officers had reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle defendant was driving.