Appellate Court Opinions

Statute of limitations; Corum claims; cause of action accrues; claim splitting; res judicata; remedy under state law.

jury instructions; contributory negligence; last clear chance doctrine; N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-10.2(j); workers’ compensation

failure to preserve; permanency planning hearing; elimination of reunification.

Termination of parental rights; failure to make reasonable progress; best interest of child

Termination of parental rights; notice of hearing; prejudice

N.C.G.S. 50-13.2(a) child custody hearing and written order; required findings of fact in order; relevant findings; prejudicial delay in entry of order; mandamus or action at trial court level; conversion of temporary order to permanent order by operation of time

Child support, gross income calculation, depreciation expenses, North Carolina Child Support Guidelines, Lawrence v. Tise, findings of fact.

judgment on the pleadings, individual capacity liability, public official immunity, public official, public employee, sovereign power, motion for summary judgment, genuine issue of material fact, pedestrian, accident, leading pedestrian interval, LPI, MUTCD, discretionary governmental functions.

Wrongful Death;
Co Employee;
Intentional Tort;
Duty to Defend;
Duty to settle;
Rule 12(c);
Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices;

summary judgment, ordinary negligence, gross negligence, contributory negligence, negligence per se, proximate cause, excavation site, defect in travel way, bicycle lane, electric scooter

Motion to dismiss, sufficient evidence, incriminating circumstances, knowledge requirement, stolen gun, viewing evidence in the light most favorable to the State. 

Jury instruction; plain error; castle doctrine

animal cruelty; exigent circumstances; motion to suppress; warrantless search; curtilage

Petition for termination of sex offender registration; determination of correct tier of def

Probation revocation, new criminal offense, attorney appointment fee, willful violation, clerical error, attorney fees, writ of certiorari.

trial court; thc; ex mero mutu; gross; impropriety; impairment; proximate cause

Fourth Amendment, Motion to Suppress, Knock and Talk

Motion to suppress; probable cause; recitation of testimony; conflicts in evidence

Whether plaintiff's service by publication in the county where defendant formerly lived and worked was insufficient under Rule 4(j1) of the Rules of Civil Procedure.