Workers' Compensation; burden of proof; disability

Legal malpractice - Statute of Limitations

Summary judgment - interlocutory appeal; Partnership by estoppel; Apparent authority

Federal Employers Liability Act; Contributory Negligence; Collateral Source

N.C.G.S. § 108A-57(a); statutory allocation of medical expenses from tort claim settlement to determine State Medicaid reimbursements in compliance with Ark. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. v. Ahlborn

Whether effect of restrictive covenants should be considered when deciding whether to grant lot owner a variance from a land use ordinance

Claim for negligent misrepresentation; whether plaintiff-purchasers established justifiable reliance on erroneous MLS report furnished to them about the property

Whether a petition to terminate parental rights can be amended during the termination hearing to conform to the evidence presented at the hearing

Will caveat based on alleged undue influence on testator; summary judgment for party asserting validity of the document

N.C. Condominium Act; applicability of substantial compliance clause of N.C.G.S. § 47C-1-104(c) to failure to specify a development time limit under N.C.G.S. § 47C-2-105(a)(8)

Workers' Compensation; apportionment of benefits based on percentage of disability caused by occupational disease

Whether Outdoor Advertising Control Act and related DOT regulations preempt county zoning ordinance barring relocation of nonconforming billboard

Declaratory judgment action seeking interpretation of how parole eligibility statutes apply to plaintiff's consolidated sentence under Fair Sentencing Act

Standing; whether neighboring property owners were aggrieved parties permitted to challenge issuance of a special use permit under N.C.G.S. § 160A-388

Whether uninsured motorist coverage applies when insured's vehicle hits a log lying on a road; application of physical contact rule to N.C.G.S. § 20-279.21(b)(3) reference to collision between motor vehicles

Workers' Compensation; notice of claim requirement under N.C.G.S. § 97-22; sufficiency of medical evidence that employee's injuries required replacement of both breast implaints

Whether by pleading guilty after the trial court denied his double jeopardy claim, defendant waived appellate review of the double jeopardy claim

Murder trial (noncapital); IAC claim based on defense counsel's failure to present evidence of and request a jury instruction on diminished capacity

Motor vehicle wreck; second-degree murder; motion to suppress evidence from traffic stop; plain error review of introduction of evidence of defendant's prior convictions