Appellate Court Opinions

Contract; Property; Summary Judgment; Quiet Title; Quantum Meruit

Appeal from summary judgment concerning easements in a residential subdivision and adjacent property; Grant of express easement appurtenant over the streets and roads of the subdivision was patently ambiguous; No easement implied by plat existed requiring a property to be kept open for reasonable use by residents of the subdivision.

Summary Judgment; Eminent Domain; Inverse Condemnation; Utility Easements

workers' compensation; statute of limitations; N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-25.1

Custody by Grandparent
Standing
NC Gen Stat 50-13.1
Constitutionally-Protected Status
Parental Rights
Ceding Supervision of a Minor
Failure to Support
Extended Absences

Workers' compensation; jurisdiction of North Carolina Industrial Commission; N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-36; location where contract for employment was made; last act test; mandatory drug screening as a prerequisite of employment relationship

correctional officer; assault on inmate; North Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure 60(a); amended decisions; excessive use of force; unacceptable personal conduct; just cause; remand for additional findings

termination of parental rights; N.C. General Statutes Subsections 7B-1111(a)(1)-(2); clear, cogent, and convincing evidence; findings of fact support termination grounds; reasonable progress to correct the conditions of neglect which led to children's removal; likelihood of future neglect; Subsections 7B-1110(a)(1)-(6); any relevant consideration; language and culture of parent and children; abuse of discretion; best interests of the children

Neglect Adjudication; Prior Neglect/Abuse of Other Children; Sufficiency of Findings of Fact; Substantial Risk of Impairment

Personal Jurisdiction;
Minimum Contacts;
NC Gen Stat 75-1.1;
First Transferee;
Financing Statement;
Long Arm Jurisdiction;

Insurance policy, loss of business income, COVID-19, partial summary judgment

Underinsured motorist policy, covered resident, facts supporting nonexclusive or split residence, question of fact

Jury Unanimity; Indecent Liberties With a Child; Jury Instruction; Mistake in Age.

interlocutory appeal, no substantial right, order setting aside entry of default

modification of child custody; best interest of the child; misapprehension of the law

NC Gen Stat 132-1.4
Real Party in Interest
Interlocutory Appeal
SAFE Child Act
Jus Tertii
Substantial Right
Aggrieved Party
Non-joined Third Party

Estates; spousal elective share; property held as joint tenants with right of survivorship; superior court's review on appeal

termination of parental rights; failure to pay a reasonable portion of the cost of care; 'in-kind' contributions; N.C. R. Civ. P. 63; substitute judge

Juvenile; Guardianship; Visitation Rights; Visitation Plan; Finding of Fact; Conclusion of Law; De Novo; Permanent Plan; Best Interest; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1(a).