Termination of parental rights proceedings; failures to meet statutory time limits; prejudicial effect

Termination of parental rights proceedings; failures to meet statutory time limits; prejudicial effect; grounds to terminate under N.C.G.S. § 7B-111(a)

Workers' Compensation; conflicting medical testimony; failure to address estoppel argument; whether that issue was preserved for appellate review

Negligence; third-party complaint against the State; proper forum; public duty doctrine; failure to allege waiver of sovereign immunity

Personal injury; jury instructions; mandatory presumption on amount of medical expenses incurred

Constitutionality of local act and an ordinance enacted thereunder; does repeal of the ordinance render a challenge to the act non-justiciable and moot?

First-degree murder (capital/death)

No error guilt-innocence phase; no error capital sentencing proceeding; non-capital sentencing vacated and remanded for resentencing

Prior adjudication of delinquency for an offense equivalent to a Class A thru E felony; judicial finding as an aggravating factor; application of Blakely

Wrongful death, survivorship claims

Bailment, Lawful seizure

Personal jurisdiction, Rule 60(b)

Rule of Evidence 702, Actual and Apparent Agency

Wage withholding; IV-D child support

Rule 60(b); jurisdiction

Appellate Procedures; Assignment of error

Jurisdiction to enter order terminating parental rights