Appellate Court Opinions

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15,969 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1348 (Judge John Martin) , Published
Lewis v N.C. Dep't Of Corr.

Workers compensation- statutory interest. Pursuant to NCGS 97-86.2 a party is entitled to interest on an award from the date of the initial hearing

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1164 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
Mills v Duke Univ.,

Public Official immunity; summary judgment; wrongful death; campus police

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1043 (Judge Linda Stephens) , Published
State v Collins

Superior Court's jurisdiction in vacation; Motion for post-conviction DNA testing

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1235 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Published
State v Edgerton

Jury instructions, plain error, lesser-included offenses

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1283 (Judge Douglas McCullough) , Published
State v Parks

Corpus delicti; participating in the prostitution of a minor; motion to dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1323 (Judge Sanford Steelman) , Published
State v Satterthwaite

Possession of drug paraphernalia; Motion to dismiss; Ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1221 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v Williams

Appeal by the State, certificate, chemical analysis, implied consent rights, driving while impaired

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1426 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
Whitesell v. Barnwell

N.C.G.S. 46-44, Partition of personal property; Equitable defenses - doctrine of unclean hands

, Supreme Court , 380PA13 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Bynum v. Wilson Cnty.

Negligence action for a fall on the steps of a county office building; denial of summary judgment for County claiming governmental immunity defense

, Supreme Court , 51PA13 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Dallaire v. Bank of Am.

Borrowers' suit against lender that refinanced their home mortgage loan; summary judgment in favor of lender; whether a question of fact arose regarding the possible existence of a fiduciary relationship between borrowers and lender sufficient to support claims based on negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty

, Supreme Court , 75PA13 (Justice Sarah Parker) , Published
DocRx, Inc. v. EMI Servs. of N.C., LLC

Action under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause precludes the use of certain Rule 60(b) grounds to defeat enforcement of a foreign judgment in this state

, Supreme Court , 559PA11-2 (Per Curiam) , Published
Griffin v. Ball

Whether the Court of Appeals properly granted defendant's petition for habeas corpus because he was charged under a defective indictment for felonious failure to appear on a felony charge

, Supreme Court , 348PA13 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
In re S.D.W.

Adoption proceeding; whether N.C.G.S. ? 48-3-601, as applied here to bar a putative father from being able to withhold his consent for the adoption, violates the father's constitutional due process rights

, Supreme Court , 281PA13 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
King v. Town of Chapel Hill

Action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief challenging town ordinances regulating towing of vehicles from private lots and banning mobile telephone use by all persons while driving a motor vehicle

, Supreme Court , 411A13 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Medlin v. Weaver Cooke Constr., LLC

Workers? Compensation; whether a previously injured worker who can now perform the duties of his former job with minor restrictions is disabled under N.C.G.S. ? 97-2(9) because he is unable to obtain employment due to the economic downturn in his industry and not because of his injury