Appellate Court Opinions

summary judgment; contributory negligence; gross negligence; pleadings; distraction; negligence; duty to warn; open and obvious; hidden danger; some fact, condition, or circumstance which would or might divert the attention of an ordinarily prudent person

Common-law negligence; special relationship; N.C.G.S. § 115C-376.5.

Termination of parental rights.

interlocutory; substantial right; declaratory judgment; protective order; condemnation; temporary construction easement; taking; police powers; physical intrusion; use and enjoyment; access; interference; reversed.

interlocutory; substantial right; declaratory judgment; protective order; condemnation; temporary construction easement; taking; police powers; physical intrusion; use and enjoyment; access; interference; reversed.

interlocutory; substantial right; declaratory judgment; protective order; condemnation; temporary construction easement; taking; police powers; physical intrusion; use and enjoyment; access; interference; reversed.

ex parte communication, material deviation

Whether Rule 19 compels joinder of a revocable trust to an equitable distribution proceeding where all settlors of the revocable trust are named parties to said proceeding.

Whether the trial court properly granted the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss a minor's Corum claim for impairing her right to equal access to a sound basic education.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by partially affirming the Superior Court's discovery order.

Whether the personal goodwill of a sole practitioner law firm may be classified as marital property for equitable distribution purposes.

Whether State v. Harbison's per se prejudice standard survives the United States Supreme Court's decision in Florida v. Nixon.

Whether the Court of Appeals properly granted defendant's motion for appropriate relief challenging his habitual felon indictment and the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of keeping or maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping or selling controlled substances.

Whether defendant is procedurally barred from pursuing his ineffective assistance of counsel claim in a motion for appropriate relief when he failed to raise such claim in his previous direct appeal.

Whether rulings on questions of law in successive petitions to terminate sex offender registration are subject to issue preclusion.

Whether the Court of Appeals abused its discretion by allowing defendant's petition for writ of certiorari.

Whether the defendant's waiver of his right to counsel was properly determined to be knowing, intelligent, and voluntary.

Whether excessive restraint during the commission of a homicide may sustain a corresponding conviction for first-degree kidnapping.

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence of constructive possession to survive defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of possession of a firearm by a felon.