Public Record Request; No Jurisdiction; Jurisdictional vs. Procedural Rules

Re-zoning; common law vested rights; expired plat approval, development agreements.

Alimony Award.

Trial court presumed to have jurisdiction

Prejudicial effect of appeal dismissal on subsequent appeal; Rule 12(b)(1); subject matter jurisdiction; standing; Rule 17(a); substitution; ratification

Workers' Compensation Act; application of N.C.G.S. 97-10.2, which states the rights and obligations of an employer and employee regarding payment of benefits under the Act when the employee recovers a settlement in a common law action for damages against a third-party tortfeasor.

Whether the trial court erred in giving a disjunctive jury instruction on one of the elements of first-degree sexual offense; whether the error was prejudicial to defendant.

Conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor under N.C.G.S. 14-190.16; whether the trial court abused its discretion in overruling defendant's objection to the prosecutor's closing argument and denying defendant's request for an instruction defining 'oral intercourse' as requiring penetration.

Motion to suppress evidence; whether the affidavit on which a warrant authorizing a search of defendant's property was based established probable cause to issue the warrant.

Whether defendant received adequate notice of his probation revocation hearing pursuant to N.C.G.S. 15A-1345(e).

Whether defendant is entitled to a new trial because the trial court erred in giving an unsupported jury instruction on flight.

Interlocutory appeal from N.C. Business Court order allowing plaintiffs' motion to disqualify defense counsel under Rule 1.9(a) of the N.C. Rules of Professional Conduct.

Rule 60(b)(1); Rule 60(b)(6); excusable neglect; failure to appear; default judgment; extraordinary circumstances existing and whether justice is best served by affording relief; liquidated damages awarded despite failure to plead in complaint

Child Custody; Denial of Visitation Rights; Waiver of Constitutional Argument

Directed verdict; Judgment notwithstanding; Motion for new trial; Jury
compromise; Inconsistent verdict

Lease renewal; Motion to dismiss; Equitable estoppel; Unfair and deceptive trade practices; Declaratory judgment

Motion to strike; Motion to dismiss; Abandoned argument

failure to file notice of appeal

Workers' Compensation: timeliness of claim under N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-24(a)(ii); disabled claimant's contribution to handicapped accessible housing

Zoning; Writ of Certiorari from Board of Adjustment; N.C. Gen. Stat. 153A-340; Bona Fide Farm Exemption; Scope of Appellate Review