Workers' Compensation; N.C.G.S. § 97-57; whether competent evidence supported Indus. Comm'n's findings on which insurance carrier had the risk for plaintiff?s asbestosis

Professional malpractice action; grant of summary judgment in defendants' favor; whether plaintiff's expert witness met the requirements of Rule 9(j)(1)-that he was reasonably expected to qualify as an expert under Rule 702(b).

Negligence action against the State; application of public duty doctrine to DOT's exercise of its mandate to maintain the public roads

When defendant was charged with first-degree murder, whether the trial court erred in also instructing the jury on second-degree murder; prejudicial effect of testimony from one of several expert witnesses; prejudicial effect of the trial court's failure to give the full pattern jury instruction on determination of aggravating factors

Admissibility of prior acts testimony against defendant under Evidence Rule 404(b)

Sufficiency of evidence that defendant constructively possessed contraband found in a bedroom with indicia of domain present.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding expert testimony about repressed memory theory under Rule of Evidence 403

Admission of police officer's testimony that defendant exercised his Miranda right to remain silent; plain error review

Motion to suppress evidence of DWI; whether one of the trial court's findings of fact was supported by substantial, competent evidence; whether police had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle

Whether, after concluding that the trial court applied the wrong legal standard in granting defendant's motion to suppress, the Court of Appeals should have: (i) remanded the case to the trial court to reevaluate the evidence pursuant to the correct standard; or (ii) reversed the erroneous order without remand

Application of corpus delicti rule to defendant's extrajudicial confession and conviction for four counts of sexual offense with a child; erroneous jury instructions

Whether expert testimony that a child had been sexually abused was properly admitted at trial; plain error review.

Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence; whether there was reasonable suspicion to extend defendant's detention beyond the scope of an otherwise valid traffic stop

Action for accounting and removal of custodian under N.C.'s Uniform Transfers to Minor's Act (UTMA); award of interest on wrongfully disbursed funds as an item of damages; statutory authority for award of attorney's fees in action for accounting and removal of custodian under UTMA; authority for taking attorney's fees against custodian personally; reasonableness of attorney's fees award; prudent person fiduciary standard applicable
to custodians when making investments using UTMA custodial funds; duty of UTMA custodian to keep records of all transactions with respect to custodian property.

Equitable Distribution; Marital Debt; Alimony; Dependent Spouse.

No Contact Petition; Form of Verification