Appellate Court Opinions

Motion to dismiss, statute of limitations, holdover tenant, lease-to-purchase, recorded lease

Corum claims, res judicata, motion to dismiss.

easement implied by prior use, easement by necessity, summary judgment

Inconsistent verdicts, summary judgment, material fact, deposit, pre-order, declaratory judgment, notice of appeal

Rule 60(b) Motion for Relief; Temporary custody order

Public official immunity; governmental immunity; 12(b)(2); motion to dismiss; proprietary function; governmental function; public employee; jurisdiction; NC Gen. Stat. § 1-278

substantial right, interlocutory, Rule 37(b)

declaratory relief; indemnification; insurance policy; material misrepresentation; void; summary judgment; affirmed

N.C. R. Civ. P. 36; N.C. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1); Requests for Admission conclusively established.

alimony, attorney's fees, required findings

disability; doctor; testimony; evidence; Full Commission; weight

motion for sanctions; discovery order; Rule 37; fraud.

jurisdiction; timeliness of appeal; special proceeding; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-301.2(e)

Best interest of child; minimum visitation

Disposition order; document incorporation.

juvenile; initial adjudication; neglect; dependency; initial disposition; Rule 17 Guardian ad Litem; hospital medical records; affirmed

Adjudication of neglect; Post-petition evidence; Exception for fixed and ongoing circumstances; Disregarding findings of fact; Likelihood of future neglect.

Motion to dismiss; permanency-planning order; Rule 60 motion.

willful abandonment, termination of parental rights, findings of fact

dispositional hearing; permanency planning; guardian ad litem; termination of parental rights; TPR; evidentiary standard