Appellate Court Opinions

negligence; directed verdict; limiting testimony from expert witness; denial of request to reopen evidence; pro se litigant; proximate cause

child custody; hearsay testimony; statements made for medical diagnosis; admission of prior conviction; bench trial.

Motion to transfer; District Court; jurisdiction; concurrent original jurisdiction; waiver of objection to the division; trial recording requirement; no court reporter present; trial unrecorded; failure to record not prejudicial; preservation of issue; failure to object.

interlocutory, Office of Administrative Hearings

Nurse Medical Malpractice;
Expert Witness Testimony;
Statutory Standard of Care;
Same or Similar Community;
Rule 9(j);
Contradictory Affidavit;
Rule 702(e);
Summary Judgment;

Statute of Limitations;
Tolling;
Automatic Stay;
Renew a Judgment;
11 U.S.C. § 108(c)(2018);
Bankruptcy;
N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-23;

interlocutory order; rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss; first amendment; ecclesiastical entanglement

administrative law; petition for judicial review; service of process; motion for extension of time

Retired State Employees;
Class Action Suit Sovereign Immunity;
Interlocutory appeal;
Substantial Right;
Cost of Living Allowances;
Contractual Right;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § Sec. 135-5;

termination; parental; rights; neglect; future neglect; relapse; substance abuse; case plan

termination of parental rights, reasonable progress, unchallenged findings

Termination of Parental Rights; Disposition; Potential Relative Placement; Best Interest of the Child; No Abuse of Discretion; Affirmed.

N.C. Utilities Commission, N.C.G.S.62-111, transfer of utilities

3.1; Neglect; Dependency

Abuse, neglect, and dependency

civil contempt, 50C order, criminal contempt

probation revocation, absconding, supervision, clerical error

Statutory rape/indecent liberties; trial court erred in sentencing

Probation; Revocation; Absconding; Relevant Evidence; Willful Evasion; Affirmed

constructive possession, curative instruction, improper expression of judicial opinion