Appellate Court Opinions

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's order modifying plaintiff's child support obligation; whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's order denying plaintiff's posttrial motions.

Declaratory judgment; tortious interference with contract; personal jurisdiction.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims for unfair and deceptive trade practices and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

Whether an individual's leaving work was attributable to his employer as required by N.C.G.S. 96-14.5 (2021) to avoid disqualification for unemployment benefits.

State employee retirees' health insurance benefits were deferred compensation offered as part of an employment contract that can be modified by statute but cannot be substantially impaired. Plaintiffs' evidence failed to show that the plaintiff class as a whole suffered substantial impairment in their contractual rights.

Whether the trial court had jurisdiction over plaintiff's complaint; whether plaintiff's constitutional argument was preserved for appeal; whether joinder of Legislature was necessary.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Whether the statutory procedures for post-conviction DNA testing are available to convicted defendants who entered guilty pleas; whether defendant made a sufficient showing of materiality to obtain the entry of an order providing for post-conviction DNA testing.

Whether the trial court properly instructed the jury concerning the extent to which defendant was entitled to exercise the right of self-defense when he was assaulted in his own home.

Whether a condition imposed as a part of a defendant's probation or suspended sentence is reasonably related to the defendant's rehabilitation or violates the defendant's parental rights when the condition prohibits contact between the defendant and the victim of his crime, when the victim also happens to be the sole legal and physical custodian of the defendant's child.

Whether an indictment for attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon which alleges that a defendant attempted to rob a defined group of individuals at a specific location on a particular date was sufficient to place the defendant on notice of the crime he is alleged to have committed and to protect the defendant from double jeopardy.

Whether the Court of Appeals improperly reweighed facts in reversing the trial court's order granting the defendant a new trial.

Attorneys' fees; trial court authority to award fees under N.C. Gen. Stat. 6-19.1 in judicial review proceeding challenging agency decision under N.C. Gen. Stat. 113A-121.1; substantial justification for agency decision; sufficiency of findings of fact

worker's compensation, lump-sum award, weekly benefits, injury, uncommuted value, mortality table, unusual case

special use permit, zoning, halfway house, city council, denial, Standard 7, allows for the protection of property values, competent, material, substantial

discovery sanctions, Rule 37(b)(2), final judgment, mootness, choice of sanctions

Adoptions NCGS Chapter 48; parental rights; biological father; Due Process; duty to support

Will Caveat; Declaratory Judgment; Mootness