Third-party exception under N.C.G.S. � 143-215.83(b)(2)(d) to strict liability for discharging petroleum products into state waters

Whether plaintiff sufficiently alleged that she was engaged in protected activity under the State Whisleblower Act to survive a motion to dismiss

Termination of parental rights; whether failure to issue summons of TPR proceedings to children deprived trial court of subject matter jurisdiction

Whether clerk's failure to sign summonses issued in a child neglect proceeding deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over both that proceeding and a later proceeding that terminated parental rights based on the earlier finding of neglect

Termination of parental rights; whether failure to issue summons of TPR proceedings to children deprived trial court of subject matter jurisdiction

Nonjurisdictional violations of N.C. R. App. P. 10(c)(1); whether new trial is required when appellate court reverses trial court's grant of JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT in defendant's favor on plaintiff's claims for fraud and UDTP

Workers' Compensation; whether plaintiff's deposition taken by telephone in another country complied with N.C. R. Civ. P. 28(b)(3)

Sex offender registration; whether State presented sufficient evidence that defendant changed her address within the meaning of N.C.G.S. � 14-208.11

Sufficiency of evidence that defendant constructively possessed cocaine

Motion to suppress; whether under totality of chircumstances, search of defendant's purse was governed by Fourth Amendment

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Erroneous jury instruction; omission of willfulness element of the crime for which defendant was charged and convicted; prejudice

Sanctions for failure to comply with Order

Woodson claim; industrial accident; chemical spill