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Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed March 21, 2017
Bell v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Workers' Compensation; Compensable Injury; Causal Relationship; Compensation Benefits; Trial Return to Work; Sanctions
Harris & Hilton, P.A. v. Rassette
Rule 3.7 of NC Rules of Professional Conduct; necessary witness; witness-advocate rule
Hildebran Heritage & Dev. Ass'n, Inc. v. The Town of Hildebran
Open meetings law; Partial directed verdict; Attorney's fees.
In re: R.P., Jr.
?permanency planning review hearing requirements;? ?constitutionally protected status of parents;? ?requirement that a parent be found unfit for a change in guardianship placement.?
Lund v. Lund
Equitable distribution;appeal after remand; value of marital residence; law of the case.
Meinck v. City of Gastonia
Governmental immunity; lease of premises to private entity; proprietary function; slip and fall; contributory negligence; summary judgment
Porter v. Porter
equitable distribution order, classification and valuation, distributive award
Rittelmeyer v. Univ. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
ADA, termination
State v. Bradford
Jury Instructions; Flight; Clerical Error
State v. Fink
larceny by employee; NCGS 14-74; identity of the employer; fatal variance; Rule 404 (b) evidence; Rule 403 prejudice
State v. Garner
Failure to specify an entity capable of owning property on a larceny indictment;? ?arresting judgment without express justification for doing so;? ? double-jeopardy related arrest of judgment.?
State v. Jacobs
Evidence - Rule 412(b)
State v. Walker
?preservation of an argument on appeal;? ?sufficiency of the evidence;? ?general motion to dismiss for sufficiency of the evidence;? ?specific argument for a motion to dismiss for sufficiency of the evidence.?
Terrell v. Kernersville Chrysler Dodge, LLC
Denial of motion to compel arbitration
Wolski v. NC Div. of Motor Vehicles
Driver?s license revocation, implied-consent offense, affidavit modification, refusal to submit to testing
Supreme Court Opinions Filed March 17, 2017
In re Hughes
Appeal from Industrial Commission's denial of benefits under the N.C. Eugenics Compensation Program based on deceased claimant's constitutional challenge to a statutory requirement to qualify for the Program; whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over the appeal; application of N.C.G.S. 1-267.1(a1).
In re Redmond
Appeal from Industrial Commission's denial of benefits under the N.C. Eugenics Compensation Program based on deceased claimant's constitutional challenge to a statutory requirement to qualify for the Program; whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over the appeal; application of N.C.G.S. 1-267.1(a1).
In re Smith
Appeal from Industrial Commission's denial of benefits under the N.C. Eugenics Compensation Program based on deceased claimant's constitutional challenge to a statutory requirement to qualify for the Program; whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over the appeal; application of N.C.G.S. 1-267.1(a1).